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Zebra danios are another species that thrive in schools, with Aqueon advising that owners keep them in groups of six or more. Keep in mind that these active fish are known to jump out of the water ...
Xiphophorus. Xiphophorus is a genus of euryhaline and freshwater fishes in the family Poeciliidae of order Cyprinodontiformes, native to Mexico and northern Central America. Xiphophorus species can be divided into 3 groups based on their evolutionary relationships: platyfish (or platies), northern swordtails, and southern swordtails.
Heckel, 1848. The green swordtail (Xiphophorus hellerii) is a species of freshwater / brackish fish in family Poeciliidae of order Cyprinodontiformes. [2] A live-bearer, it is closely related to the southern platyfish or 'platy' (X. maculatus) and can crossbreed with it. It is native to an area of North and Central America stretching from ...
X. pygmaeus. Binomial name. Xiphophorus pygmaeus. (Hubbs & Gordon, 1943) Xiphophorus pygmaeus, the pygmy swordtail, is a poeciliid fish from northeastern Mexico. It is the smallest of the swordtails. The male's sword is barely visible and the species is often called the swordless swordtail. It is sometimes kept in home aquaria, but is a rather ...
C. riisei. Binomial name. Corynopoma riisei. T. N. Gill, 1858. Corynopoma riisei, also known as the sword-tail characin, is a species of characin found in Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela. [ 2] It is also kept as an aquarium fish. This species is the only member of the genus Corynopoma. [ 3]
The Chiapas swordtail or upland swordtail ( Xiphophorus alvarezi) is a species of livebearing freshwater fish of family Poeciliidae, and genus Xiphophorus. It is, therefore, in the same genus as the common platy and the swordtail. The Chiapas swordtail was discovered and first described by Donn E. Rosen in 1960, along with four other species of ...
Xiphophorus montezumae. D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1899. Xiphophorus montezumae, the Montezuma swordtail, is a livebearing freshwater fish of the order Cyprinodontiformes, family Poeciliidae, and genus Xiphophorus. [2] It is in the same genus as the common platy and the swordtail. Xiphophorus means 'sword-bearer' in Greek.
Xiphophorus clemenciae. Álvarez, 1959. The yellow swordtail (Xiphophorus clemenciae) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Poeciliidae. [2] It is endemic to the upper Coatzacoalcos River basin in southern Mexico. [3] It is typically found in brooks and streams with slow current; it is less frequent in areas with strong current. [2]