WoRMS taxon details
Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther, 1866)
862549 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:862549)
accepted
Species
Platypoecilus aurata Stoye, 1935 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Platypoecilus cyanellus Meinken, 1935 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Platypoecilus maculatus Günther, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym)
Platypoecilus maculatus aurata Stoye, 1935 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Platypoecilus maculatus cyanellus Meinken, 1935 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Platypoecilus maculatus maculatus Stoye, 1935 · unaccepted
Platypoecilus maculatus sanguinea Stoye, 1935 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Platypoecilus nigra Brind, 1914 · unaccepted (synonym)
Platypoecilus pulchra Brind, 1914 · unaccepted (synonym)
Platypoecilus rubra Brind, 1914 · unaccepted (synonym)
Platypoecilus sanguinea Stoye, 1935 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Poecilia maculata (Günther, 1866) · unaccepted
Poecilia maculatus (Günther, 1866) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Xiphorus helleri maculatus (Günther, 1866) · unaccepted
Xiphorus maculatus (Günther, 1866) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
(of Platypoecilus maculatus Günther, 1866) Günther, A. (1866). Catalogue of fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. 6: i-xv + 1-368. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther, 1866). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=862549 on 2025-12-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Platypoecilus maculatus Günther, 1866) Günther, A. (1866). Catalogue of fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. 6: i-xv + 1-368. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (63 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xiphophorus maculatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Platypoecilus nigra Brind, 1914)
To FishBase (from synonym Platypoecilus pulchra Brind, 1914)
To FishBase (from synonym Platypoecilus rubra Brind, 1914)
To FishBase (from synonym Platypoecilus maculatus Günther, 1866)
To Fishbase (from synonym Platypoecilus maculatus maculatus Stoye, 1935)
To Fishbase (from synonym Poecilia maculata (Günther, 1866))
To Fishbase (from synonym Xiphorus helleri maculatus (Günther, 1866))
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (119670 nucleotides; 43791 proteins)
To GenBank (119670 nucleotides; 43791 proteins) (from synonym Platypoecilus maculatus Günther, 1866)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xiphophorus maculatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Platypoecilus nigra Brind, 1914)
To FishBase (from synonym Platypoecilus pulchra Brind, 1914)
To FishBase (from synonym Platypoecilus rubra Brind, 1914)
To FishBase (from synonym Platypoecilus maculatus Günther, 1866)
To Fishbase (from synonym Platypoecilus maculatus maculatus Stoye, 1935)
To Fishbase (from synonym Poecilia maculata (Günther, 1866))
To Fishbase (from synonym Xiphorus helleri maculatus (Günther, 1866))
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (119670 nucleotides; 43791 proteins)
To GenBank (119670 nucleotides; 43791 proteins) (from synonym Platypoecilus maculatus Günther, 1866)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
