Species profile—Xiphophorus hellerii (swordtail)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) → Poeciliidae (livebearers) → Xiphophorus hellerii (swordtail)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
- Family
- Poeciliidae (livebearers)
- Scientific name
- Xiphophorus hellerii Heckel, 1848
- Common name
- swordtail
- Type reference
- Heckel, J.J. (1848). Eine neue Gattung von Poecilien mit rochenartigem Anklammerungs-Organe. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 1(1-5): 289-303.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 19690
- Synonym(s)
- Xiphophorus helleri
- Alternate name(s)
- green swordtail
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Dependant Species
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Feral Animal
- Species environment
- Aquatic
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=19690
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
