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Xiphophorus multilineatus

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Xiphophorus multilineatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Genus: Xiphophorus
Species:
X. multilineatus
Binomial name
Xiphophorus multilineatus

Xiphophorus multilineatus is a fish in the family Poeciliidae.[1] It is endemic to a small part of the Pánuco River basin in Mexican.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Xiphophorus multilineatus". Retrieved 12 Sep 2012.
  2. ^ Kang, J.H.; M. Schartl; R.B. Walter; A. Meyer (2013). "Comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of all species of swordtails and platies (Pisces: Genus Xiphophorus) uncovers a hybrid origin of a swordtail fish, Xiphophorus monticolus, and demonstrates that the sexually selected sword originated in the ancestral lineage of the genus, but was lost again secondarily". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13 (25): 25. Bibcode:2013BMCEE..13...25K. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-25. PMC 3585855. PMID 23360326.