Freyhof, Jörg;Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran;Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash;Kaya, Cüneyt
OverviewAI-generated
Xiphophorus maculatus, commonly known as the Southern platyfish or Platy, is a species of freshwater fish. It belongs to the family Poeciliidae within the order Cyprinodontiformes and class Teleostei. The species is part of the genus Xiphophorus and is classified under the phylum Chordata in the kingdom Animalia. Its taxonomic authority is listed as (Günther, 1866), and it is an accepted name in biological records.
The organism has been recorded in the United States and Mexico, with specific institutional records from UWFC, ECOSUR, FCB-UANL, CINVESTAV-IPN, and FCM-UABC. It is also noted as invasive to Madagascar. The IUCN Red List assessed its conservation status as Data Deficient in 2019. Various databases hold records of this species, including 1,790 occurrences in GBIF and 428 records in iDigBio.
Synthesized by Vinony from 35 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, IUCN Red List, iDigBio, WoRMS, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 28 inbound references to Xiphophorus maculatus, and connects out to fin, Mexico and Animalia.
It sits within the topics Commons link is on Wikidata, Fish described in 1866 and Fish of Belize.
Vinony links it to 35 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Data DeficientSouthern Platyfish
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCyprinodontiformes
- FamilyPoeciliidae
Zuchtform ♀ Der Platy oder auch Spiegelkärpfling[1] (Xiphophorus maculatus, lateinisch maculatus „gefleckt“) ist ein aus Mittelamerika stammender Fisch aus der Familie der lebendgebärenden Zahnkarpfen. Er und seine zahlreichen Zuchtformen erfreuen sich als Aquarienfisch großer Beliebtheit. Sein deutscher Name ist eine Kurzform des veralteten Gattungsnamens Platypoecilius (wörtlich etwa „Breitkärpfling“). Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Vorkommen 2 Merkmale 3 Verhalten 4 Ernährung 5 Fortpflanzung 6 Aquaristik 7 Literatur 8 Weblinks 9 Einzelnachweise Vorkommen Der Süßwasserfisch bewohnt die Gewässer Belizes, Guatemalas, des östlichen Mexiko und Honduras’. Als Hauptfundorte dieser Tierart gelten die Flusssysteme des Rio Papaloapan und des Rio Coatzacoalcos[2]. Außerhalb seiner Heimat hat sich der Platy als invasive Spezies in Wildgewässern 18 anderer Länder[1] etabliert. Dazu gehören unter anderem Madagaskar, Mauritius, Nigeria, Indien, Indonesien, Japan, Saudi-Arabien, Singapur, Sri Lanka, Bahamas, USA (meist in wärmeren Bundesstaaten wie Kalifornien, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Nevada und Texas), Australien, Brasilien und Kolumbien[1]. Zu einer Bedrohung[1] der heimischen Wasserfauna
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 428
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Poeciliidae
- Collections
- UWFC, ECOSUR, FCB-UANL, CINVESTAV-IPN, FCM-UABC
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Xiphophorus
- Image
- Rainbow wag platy.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- taxon name
- Xiphophorus maculatus
- taxon rank
- species
- Commons category
- Xiphophorus maculatus
- Commons gallery
- Xiphophorus maculatus
- taxon common name
- 紅太陽
- IUCN conservation status
- Data Deficient
- sequenced genome URL
- www.ensembl.org/Xiphophorus_maculatus
- invasive to
- Madagascar
- short name
- X. maculatus
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~6 min read
Encyclopedic overview
The southern platyfish, common platy, or moonfish (Xiphophorus maculatus) is a species of freshwater fish in family Poeciliidae of order Cyprinodontiformes. A live-bearer, it is closely related to the green swordtail (X. hellerii) and can interbreed with it. It is native to an area of North and Central America stretching from Veracruz, Mexico, to northern Belize.
The southern platyfish grows to a maximum overall length of 6.0 cm (2.4 in). Sexual dimorphism is slight, the male's caudal fin being more pointed. The anal fin of the male fish has evolved into a gonopodium, a stick-shaped organ used for reproduction. The female southern platyfish's anal fin is fan shaped. Wild varieties are drab in coloration, lacking the distinctive dark lateral line common to many Xiphophorus species.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xiphophorus maculatus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.