Xiphophorus variatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinodontoidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes Subordo: Cyprinodontoidei

Xiphophorus variatus (Meek, 1904)

Holotype: FMNH 4501. Paratypes: FMNH 4449 (40), 4461 (6), 4471 (24), 4486 (18), 4501-02 (1, 10), 14360-61 (5, 1), 14435-36 (4, 3), 72570 (3)

Type locality: Valles, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Meek, S.E. 1904. The fresh-water fishes of Mexico north of the isthmus of Tehuantepec. Publications of the Field Columbian Museum, Zoological series v. 5: i–lxiii + 1–252, Pls. 1–17. BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.2229 Reference page. [See page 146, plate 10.]

Platypoecilus variatus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on April 5, 2015.
Xiphophorus variatus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Xiphophorus variatus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

čeština: Plata pestrá
English: Variatus platy
svenska: Indianplaty
ไทย: ปลาพลาตี้

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