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
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://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.
