Genus Xiphophorus Heckel, 1848

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External Links

• Xiphophorus Heckel, J. 1848. Eine neue Gattung von Poecilien mit rochenartigem Anklammerungs-Organe. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 1: 289-303 [291].

  Type species:

   Xiphophorus hellerii Heckel, 1848 by subsequent designation, see Bleeker, P. 1863. Atlas Ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néerlandaises, publié sous les auspices du Gouvernement colonial néerlandais. Tome 3. Cyprins. Amsterdam : Fréd. Müller 150 pp. pls 102-144. [140].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Fresh waters of New World tropics (east Pacific and west Atlantic).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Sydney Basin (SB)

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater

General References

Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls.

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp.

Kottelat, M. 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 27: 1-663 [300]

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Sep-2014	CYPRINODONTIFORMES	17-Aug-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		12-Feb-2010	(import)