Xiphophorus

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ξιφηφόρος (xiphēphóros, “bearing a sword”)

Proper noun

Xiphophorus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Poeciliidae – platyfish and swordtails..

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Acanthopterygii - superorder; Percomorpha - series; Ovalentaria, Atherinomorpha - clades; Cyprinodontiformes - order; Cyprinodontoidei - suborder; Poeciliidae - family; Poeciliinae - subfamily; Poeciliini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Xiphophorus hellerii - type species; for other species see Xiphophorus species list at FishBase.

References

• Xiphophorus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Xiphophorus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Xiphophorus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Xiphophorus at World Register of Marine Species
• Xiphophorus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Xiphophorus at the Catalogue of Life 
• Xiphophorus at National Center for Biotechnology Information