Biology:Xenodexia
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Short description: Genus of fishes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Subfamily: | Poeciliinae |
| Tribe: | Xenodexini C. L. Hubbs, 1950 |
| Genus: | Xenodexia C. L. Hubbs, 1950 |
| Species: | X. ctenolepis
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| Xenodexia ctenolepis C. L. Hubbs, 1950
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Xenodexia is a genus of poeciliid fish. It contains the single species Xenodexia ctenolepis, the Grijalva studfish, which is endemic to river basins in Guatemala where it lives in both slow- and fast-flowing waters. Females reach up to 4.5 cm (1.8 in) in total length and males are somewhat smaller.[2]
References
- ↑ Espinosa Pérez, H.; Matamoros, W.A. (2019). "Xenodexia ctenolepis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T191773A2002862. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T191773A2002862.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/191773/2002862. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Xenodexia ctenolepis" in FishBase. August 2018 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q19059768 entry
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