Male at Tamasopo River
A male of Xiphophorus montezumae at Tamasopo River at 'Las Cascadas', Pánuco drainage [San Luis Potosí]. Photo by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas. determiner Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

Family
Poeciliidae

Genus
Xiphophorus

Status
valid


Last updated on:
02-Dec-2021

Xiphophorus montezumae Jordan & Snyder, 1899

Espada de Montezuma; Montezuma swordtail.

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Original description as Xiphophorus montezumae:

ZooBank:2D6B74C4-2A4C-4D1D-B5F5-727B0425AA73.

  • Jordan, David Starr & J. O. Snyder. 1899. "Notes on a collection of fishes from the rivers of Mexico, with description of twenty new species". Bulletin of the U.S. Fish Commission. 19: 115-147 (ffm00041)

Conservation: Xiphophorus montezumae is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2018).