Biology:Northern platyfish
| Northern platyfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Genus: | Xiphophorus |
| Species: | X. gordoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Xiphophorus gordoni R. R. Miller & W. L. Minckley, 1963
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The northern platyfish (Xiphophorus gordoni) is a small, endangered species of fish in the family Poeciliidae.[2] It is endemic to the vicinity of Cuatro Ciénegas in the Mexican state of Coahuila. It is restricted to hot-spring heated ditches and marshes of the Laguna Santa Tecla. Its native water is shallow and vegetation-choked, with very stable temperatures that generally are around 27–30 °C (81–86 °F), although captive studies show the species also can live in slightly colder water.[1][3][4][5]
The species is primarily threatened by habitat loss due to construction of irrigation channels.[1] Captive "safety" populations are kept at the Xiphophorus Genetic Stock Center, Texas State University, United States,[1] and by XNP conservation project members, which include public aquariums, universities and private aquarists in several European countries and the United States.[6][7][8]
It was named in honor of Myron Gordon by Robert Rush Miller and W. L. Minckley who discovered it with Carl Hubbs on a 1961 expedition.[3][9] The northern platyfish shares the title as northernmost naturally distributed Xiphophorus with the closely related Monterrey platyfish (X. couchianus) and marbled swordtail (X. meyeri).[4][10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matamoros, W.A.; Hendrickson, D.; Vega-Cendejas, M. (2019). "Xiphophorus gordoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T23157A2784873. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T23157A2784873.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/23157/2784873. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Xiphophorus gordoni" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Xiphophorus gordoni, a New Species of Platyfish from Coahuila, Mexico". http://desertfishes.org/cuatroc/literature/pdf/Miller_1963_Xiphophorus_gordoni.pdf.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Los peces dulceacuícolas de México en peligro de extinción. Fondo de Cultura Económic. 2016. pp. 48, 280. ISBN 978-607-16-4087-1.
- ↑ "Northern Platyfish Husbandry Manual". Österreichischen Verband für Vivaristik und Ökologie. https://oevvoe.org/xnp-project-expanding. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ↑ "XNP project annual report – year 3". Österreichischen Verband für Vivaristik und Ökologie. https://oevvoe.org/xnp-project-annual-report-%E2%80%93-year-3. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ↑ "XNP project expanding". Österreichischen Verband für Vivaristik und Ökologie. https://oevvoe.org/xnp-project-expanding. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ↑ "Transfer of fish from Würzburg University to Ostrava ZOO". Österreichischen Verband für Vivaristik und Ökologie. https://oevvoe.org/transfer-fish-w%C3%BCrzburg-university-ostrava-zoo. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ↑ "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cyprinodontiformes4/.
- ↑ 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. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-25. PMID 23360326.
External links
- Some Like it Hot:The Cuatrocienegas Platy, Ted Dengler Coletti, PhD, Pgs 36 and 37, Tropical Fish Hobbyist, May 2009
Wikidata ☰ Q2243207 entry
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