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Xiphophorus hellerii Heckel, 1848 
AphiaID: 283197

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Cyprinodontiformes (Order) > Poeciliidae (Family) > Poeciliinae (Subfamily) > Xiphophorus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Xiphophorus Heckel, 1848
Synonymised
taxa
  Poecilia helleri (Heckel, 1848) (misspelling)
Xiphophorus brevis Regan, 1907
Xiphophorus guentheri Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Xiphophorus guntheri Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Xiphophorus helleri Heckel, 1848 (misspelling)
Xiphophorus helleri brevis Regan, 1907 (misspelling)
Xiphophorus helleri helleri Heckel, 1848 (misspelling)
Xiphophorus helleri strigatus Regan, 1907 (misspelling)
Xiphophorus hellerii guentheri Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Xiphophorus jalapae Meek, 1902
Xiphophorus rachovii Regan, 1911
Xiphophorus strigatus Regan, 1907
Xiphorus helleri Heckel, 1848 (misspelling)
Sources  additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

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Subspecies Xiphophorus hellerii guentheri Jordan & Evermann, 1896 accepted as Xiphophorus hellerii Heckel, 1848
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (30 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (202 nucleotides; 171 proteins)
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:283197
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Xiphophorus hellerii Heckel, 1848. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283197 on 2013-05-18
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