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<tr><th bgcolor=pink>Swordtail</th></tr><br />
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<tr><th bgcolor=pink>{{taxonomy}}</th></tr><br />
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<tr><td>{{regnum}}:</td><td>[[Animal]]ia</td></tr><br />
<tr><td>{{Phylum}}:</td><td>[[Chordate|Chordata]]</td></tr><br />
<tr><td>{{Superclassis}}:</td><td>[[Osteichthyes]]</td></tr><br />
<tr><td>{{Classis}}:</td><td>[[Actinopterygii]]</td></tr><br />
<tr><td>{{Ordo}}:</td><td>[[Cyprinodontiformes]]</td></tr><br />
<tr><td>{{Familia}}:</td><td>[[Poeciliidae]]</td></tr><br />
<tr><td>{{Genus}}:</td><td>'''''[[Xiphophorus]]'''''</td></tr><br />
<tr><td>{{Species}}:</td><td>'''''helleri'''''</td></tr><br />
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<tr><td align="center">'''''Xiphophorus helleri'''''<br />
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The '''Swordtail''' (hybrid of ''Xiphophorus helleri'', ''X. variatus'', and ''[[Xiphophorus maculatus|X. maculatus]]'' ) is a popular [[List of freshwater aquarium fish species|freshwater aquarium fish species]]. It is a member of the [[Poecilidae]] family and is therefore [[live-bearing aquarium fish|live-bearing]]. It is closely related to the [[Xiphophorus maculatus|platy]] and can interbreed with it.<br />
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The species is named after the elongated lower lobe of the [[caudal fin]] (tailfin). This is only found in the male.<br />
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Swordtails are easy to keep and well suited to a community [[aquarium]].<br />
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The species was bred specifically for the aquarium hobby from species originally from [[Central America]].<br />
It's natural environment (if such a thing existed) would be a pond on a fish farm in [[Florida]], or [[South East Asia]].<br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[List of freshwater aquarium fish species]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
*"Xiphophorus helleri." ''ITIS Standard Report''. ([[ITIS|Integrated Taxonomic Information System]]: National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., 2004-06-04). [http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=165920 ITIS 165920]</div>204.180.139.253