All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. An xiphophorus maculatus in nahilalakip ha genus nga xiphophorus, ngan familia nga poeciliidae. Feed on worms, crustaceans, insects and plant matter refs. Origin edit edit source these little fish come from the east coast of central america and southern mexico. Actinopterygii, cyprinodontiformes, poeciliidae, xiphophorus maculatus, poisson. Most common are red, black, blue, white, yellow, orange, pink, any shades of these colours, or mixes and there also are some long finned platies too. Mobile search apps ordering shipping delivery about newsletter drygoods. There are almost thousands of various colours you can get them in and by breeding forms, you always can get some new ones. Platys can be different colours red, orange, green. The name xiphophorus is a composition of two greek words, meaning dagger and bearer. Buy platies at, a retail tropical fish store, where you can shop online for a platy, xiphophorus maculatus, and other livebearers is easy and fun. Platy xiphophorus maculatus and xiphophorus variatus.
Common platy xiphophorus maculatus tropical fish keeping. The common platy xiphophorus maculatus, also known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the moonfish, southern platyfish, or mickey mouse platy is native to north and central america, but is also found in belize and central mexico platys share similar habitats with, and are closely related to green swordtails, which they will readily interbreed with when given the opportunity. Pronunciation of xiphophorus with 1 audio pronunciation, 2 translations and more for xiphophorus. In 1992, due to the retirement of its past director dr. A laterally compressed fish with and upturned mouth. Livebearer6 xiphophorus this genus exists of swordtails and platies.
Additional names platy, moonfish, southern platyfish. Through selective breeding, platies are now available in a wide range of new color and fin variations. I have noted that my platies are far larger than the normal 5 cm, as stated in the website. A rare to obtain but also stunning species is the swordtail platy xiphophorus xiphidium, which features a small extension on the tail. Distinguishing characteristics were given by rosen 1960, 1979 and page and burr 1991. Schreibman, 1973a a sexlinked gene controlling gonadotrop differentiation and its significance in determining the age of sexual maturation and size of the platyfish, xiphophorus maculatus. Platypoecilus maculatus development, compared to that of xiphophorus hellerii and platypoecilusxiphophorus hybrids, shows the following differences. Iridescent black sides and a brilliant golden profile appear as though a painter personally bespeckled each fish. Swordtail xiphophorus helleri males are easily identified by the elongated lower lobe of their tail fin. Xiphophorus variatus meek, 1904 variable platy synonymstop. Other names i platypoecilus maculatus guenther, 1866 xiphophorus maculatus guenther, 1866 rank i.
Aquascaping lab platy fish, xiphophorus maculatus technical sheet scheda tecnica pesce duration. The wild type of the normal platys xiphophorus maculatus is cared for as good as never in the aquarium. I paste different colors of the xiphophorus maculatus on this site with photos. The genome of the platyfish, xiphophorus maculatus. Learn how to take care, which aquarium, how to feed, how to breed them. The many xiphophorus species are all called either platyfish or platies or swordtails. Initial pigment differentiation in xiphophorus occurs one stage later than in platypoecilus. States with nonindigenous occurrences, the earliest and latest observations in each state, and the tally and names of hucs with observations. It is native to an area of north and central america stretching from veracruz, mexico, to northern belize. The traditional strength of the xiphophorus experimental model involves the nonbiased assessment of genetic inheritance. Prefers peripheral waters, such as ditches, ponds, backwaters, flooded pastures, and swamps, over muddy substrates among dense growths of aquatic plants. Texas state university is providing excellent facilities and support for the stock center, but state funds for this. Like most other new world poeciliids, platies and swordtails are livebearers that use. Groups interested in participating in the linkout program should visit the linkout home page.
Red wagtail platy fry are very easy to raise, and at least a few from each brood are likely to survive in a planted community tank. Meine erfahrungen mit xiphophoruszuchtformen xiphophorus. If you want to rear a greater percentage of a brood, use a separate, bare, 10gallon growup tank with an airpowered sponge filter to prevent fry being sucked in. This page was last edited on 24 november 2014, at 15. Itis taxonomy is based on the latest scientific consensus available, and is provided as a general reference source for interested parties.
The original form had a dark brownolive back with bluish flanks. Xiphophorus maculatus general introduction 10 xiphophorus maculatus, jp 163 a 11 xiphophorus maculatus, jp 163 b xiphophorus maculatus, belize platy ii 15. The xiphophorus genetic stock center provides fish to scientists and aquarists around the world table 1. Small, hardy, active, peaceful and pretty, the platy is one of the most recommendable fish for any beginner. Results are discussed in terms of speciesspecific defense reactions ssdrs. The xiphophorus genetic stock center has operated within the united states since the 1930s making it one of the oldest live animal resource centers worldwide.
These are the southern platy xiphophorus maculatus, also known as common platy or moonfish, the variatus platy or variable platyfish xiphophorus variatus, and their close relative the swordtail xiphophorus helleri. Embryonic development of the platyfish platypoecilus. Xiphophorus maculatus us fish and wildlife service. Xiphophorus is a genus of euryhaline and freshwater fishes in the family poeciliidae of order cyprinodontiformes, native to mexico and northern central america. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Xiphophorus variatus variable platy seriously fish. North and central america, ciudad veracruz, mexico to northern belize. Southern platyfish xiphophorus maculatus species profile. Rio papaloapan in latinaja, veracruz, mexico year collected. It is included in identification keys of rosen 1960, 1979 and greenfield and thomerson 1997. However, it is not a legal authority for statutory or regulatory purposes.
Names and dates are hyperlinked to their relevant specimen records. The hybrids form pigment at the same stage as platypoecilus or earlier. The swordtail xiphophorus helleri has been used in studies of behavior, phylogenetics, genetics. Xiphophorus maculatus guenther, 1866 gunther, 1866. Xiphophorus bimaculatus is best kept alone or with other small peaceful species water parameters. Two species of platyfish xiphophorus maculatus, blue platyfish, and xiphophorus variatus, marigold platyfish were given avoidance conditioning trials in an aquatic shuttlebox. Xiphophorus maculatus southern platyfish platypoecilus. Adults occur in warm springs, canals and ditches with typically slowmoving water, silt bottoms and weedy banks refs. Also, the females have peculiar features, as the short anal fin. Xiphophorus interspecies hybrids as genetic models of. A livebearer, it is closely related to the green swordtail x. This little livebearer can be found in several different color varieties, developed through decades of selective breeding. Scientists in more than 30 laboratories in the united states and eight other.
Photographs or illustrations appeared in rosen 1960, mills and vevers 1982, petrovicky 1988, dawes 1991, sakurai et al. The body may be elongated and the caudal fin in generally fanshaped. Cyprinodontiformes rivulines, killifishes and live bearers class. Males may show aggression towards each other in the aquarium. This hybrid has been recorded for brevard county, florida courtenay et al. Klaus kallman, the xgsc moved to texas state university. Wesley warren and colleagues report the wholegenome sequence of the platyfish, xiphophorus maculatus, providing the first genome of a poeciliid fish. I saw that there wasnt a list for this, so thats the reason why i made this. Looking at swordtails, youd expect it to be referred to the swordshaped tail but it actually refers to the gonopodium. Platy xiphophorus maculatus the free freshwater and.
Xiphophorus maculatus species page xiphophorus strain. Xiphophorus maculatus belize purple aquarium glaser gmbh. Another reason is that i also have 3 of them, 2 blue mickey mouse platys and a var. Species profile of xiphophorus evelynae, the pueblo platy. Xiphophorus maculatus,gunther southern platyfish habitat. Platy age of aquariums freshwater fish platy xiphophorus maculatus. Media in category xiphophorus maculatusthe following 85 files are in this category, out of 85 total.
Sexing edit edit source females have a fanshaped anal fin, wide bellies, a dark gravid spot, and are larger than the males. A popular aquarium fish, often brightly coloured, but in the wild they are usually greenishbrown. While all blue platyfish reached a criterion of avoidance learning, only one marigold platyfish reached criterion learning. The refseq genome records for xiphophorus maculatus were annotated by the ncbi eukaryotic genome annotation pipeline, an automated pipeline that annotates genes, transcripts and proteins on draft and finished genome assemblies. Though xiphophorus fishes are among the best studied vertebrates genetically, largely because of availability of well characterized genetic stocks, maintenance of large numbers of genetic stocks requires constant effort and substantial funding. The calico platy is a beautiful molted color variety of the popular xiphophorus maculatus platy. This is partly due to the fact that the wild type of the platy does not exist at all, but a large number of colour variants, which partly only occur locally, but partly also in different populations. Xiphophorus maculatus papaloapan platy xiphophorus. While every effort has been made to provide the most reliable and uptodate information available, ultimate legal requirements with respect to species are contained in.
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