Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther, 1866)

Esmaeili, Hamid Reza & Hamidan, Neshat, 2023, Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist, Zootaxa 5330 (2), pp. 201-226 : 219

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8253174

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EC87BD-FFAD-0A33-80F4-FC73FD34FA5A

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scientific name

Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther, 1866)
status

 

47. Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther, 1866) View in CoL View at ENA ―Platy, Southern Platyfish― Exotic

Taxonomy. Original description: Platypoecilus maculatus Günther, 1866:350 View in CoL [ Mexico (Central America); Syntypes: BMNH 1857.7.31.11-12 (2) ]. Synonyms: Platypoecilus nigra Brind, 1914 View in CoL ; Platypoecilus maculatus var. nigra Gerlach, 1912 View in CoL ; Platypoecilus maculatus var. pulchra Schreitmüller, 1910 View in CoL ; Platypoecilus rubra Stansch, 1914 View in CoL .

Status in the Arabian Peninsula. First record from Saudi Arabia by Al-Kahem-Al-Balawi et al. (2008); confirmed by Freyhof et al. (2020).

General distribution. Southern North America and central America: Atlantic slope of Mexico, Belize and Guatemala; introduced widely elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater.

Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia: Wadi Hanifah near Riyadh; Al- Kharj and Layla Lake south of Riyadh; Al-Ahsa Oasis in eastern province.

Economic importance. Valuable for the aquarium trade.

Reasons of introduction. Ornamental fish industry.

Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).

BMNH

United Kingdom, London, The Natural History Museum [formerly British Museum (Natural History)]

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Order

Cyprinodontiformes

Family

Poeciliidae

SubFamily

Poeciliinae

Genus

Xiphophorus

Loc

Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther, 1866)

Esmaeili, Hamid Reza & Hamidan, Neshat 2023
2023
Loc

Platypoecilus nigra

Brind 1914
1914
Loc

Platypoecilus rubra

Stansch 1914
1914
Loc

Platypoecilus maculatus var. nigra

Gerlach 1912
1912
Loc

Platypoecilus maculatus var. pulchra Schreitmüller, 1910

Schreitmuller 1910
1910
Loc

Platypoecilus maculatus Günther, 1866:350

Gunther 1866: 350
1866
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