NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Poeciliinae
  Family - Poeciliidae
  Suborder - Cyprinodontoidei
  Order - Cyprinodontiformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Xiphophorus maculatus
      Species - Xiphophorus variatus
      Species - Xiphophorus montezumae
      Species - Xiphophorus pygmaeus
      Species - Xiphophorus xiphidium
      Species - Xiphophorus hellerii
      Species - Xiphophorus alvarezi
      Species - Xiphophorus andersi
      Species - Xiphophorus birchmanni
      Species - Xiphophorus clemenciae
      Species - Xiphophorus continens
      Species - Xiphophorus cortezi
      Species - Xiphophorus couchianus
      Species - Xiphophorus evelynae
      Species - Xiphophorus gordoni
      Species - Xiphophorus kallmani
      Species - Xiphophorus kosszanderi
      Species - Xiphophorus malinche
      Species - Xiphophorus mayae
      Species - Xiphophorus meyeri
      Species - Xiphophorus milleri
      Species - Xiphophorus multilineatus
      Species - Xiphophorus nezahualcoyotl
      Species - Xiphophorus nigrensis
      Species - Xiphophorus roseni
      Species - Xiphophorus signum