Xiphophorus
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Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek ξιφηφόρος (xiphēphóros, “bearing a sword”)
Proper noun
Xiphophorus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Poeciliidae – platyfish and swordtails..
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Acanthopterygii - superorder; Percomorpha - series; Ovalentaria, Atherinomorpha - clades; Cyprinodontiformes - order; Cyprinodontoidei - suborder; Poeciliidae - family; Poeciliinae - subfamily; Poeciliini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Xiphophorus hellerii - type species; for other species see Xiphophorus species list at FishBase.
References
Xiphophorus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Xiphophorus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Xiphophorus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Xiphophorus at World Register of Marine Species
- Xiphophorus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Xiphophorus at the Catalogue of Life
- Xiphophorus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
