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Xiphophorus continens (Short-sword platyfish)

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Xiphophorus continens, also known as El Quince swordfish, is a live bearing fish in the Poeciliidae family. Its holotypes were found in Mexico. Its name comes from the Greek conto, meaning short, and Latin ensis, meanin "sword". due to the species' sword size in males.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0