Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther)

Hui, Tan Heok, Peng, Kelvin Lim Kok, Huan, Liew Jia, Wei, Low Bi, Hing, Rayson Lim Bock, Beng, Jeffrey Kwik Teik & Yeo, Darren C. J., 2020, The non-native freshwater fishes of Singapore: an annotated compilation, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 68, pp. 150-195 : 172

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.26107/RBZ-2020-0016

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8AD77FDB-B04C-4E38-AA60-FE781A01273A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5449003

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/564D87BD-FF9D-5E4B-FC48-FC6CFE5DB89B

treatment provided by

Diego

scientific name

Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther)
status

 

Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther) View in CoL

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Remarks. Fernando & Phang (1994) stated that this species had been very likely introduced as an escaped pet fish in the 1940s, and they easily hybridise with P. latipinna . This species is commonly sold as live feed in the ornamental fish trade (Tan HH, pers. obs.).

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