Xiphophorus maculatus

Familia: Poeciliidae
Subfamilia: Poeciliinae
Tribus: Poeciliini
Genus: Xiphophorus
Species:

Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther, 1866)

• Syntypes: BMNH 1857.7.31.11-12 (2)
• Type locality: Mexico [Central America]

• Platypoecilus maculatus Günther, 1866
• Poecilia maculata (Günther, 1866)
• Platypoecilus nigra Brind, 1914
• Platypoecilus pulchra Brind, 1914
• Platypoecilus rubra Brind, 1914
• Platypoecilus cyanellus Meinken, 1935
• Platypoecilus aurata Stoye, 1935
• Platypoecilus sanguinea Stoye, 1935

• Günther, A.C.L.G. 1866. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum 6(i–xv): 1–368. BHL Reference page. 

• Platypoecilus maculatus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on April 5, 2015.
• Xiphophorus maculatus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Xiphophorus maculatus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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