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Species related to Xiphophorus maculatus: [ 16 ] records

immaculatus, Platypoecilus maculatus var. Myers [G. S.] 1922:15 [The aquarium and its denizens; ref. 34713] Aquarium specimen, locality unknown. Holotype (unique): AMNH 8109 [not found]. Type specimen designated by Myers 1922:89 [ref. 18467], at which time Myers stated, "It is doubtful if this subspecies is a natural one. It has probably been developed by German aquarists, from whom specimens were secured in 1921." The name is not available (not known to occur in nature (Art. 1a of 1985 edition; less precisely included in 1999 edition in Art. 1.1)) unless it is found to occur naturally. •In the synonymy of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866) -- (Huber 2019:146 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

cyanellus, Platypoecilus maculatus var. Meinken [H.] 1934:261, Fig. [Blätter für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde v. 45 (no. 14); ref. 13901] Río Pánuco, Mexico. no types known. •Synonym of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866) -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:64 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:574 [ref. 27061], Huber 2019:145 [ref. 36941], Fricke et al. 2024:468 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Synonym of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Habitat: freshwater.

pulchra, Platypoecilus Brind [W. L.] 1914:22, Fig. [Domesticated fish; ref. 21099] Mexico. No types known. Appeared as Platypoecilus pulchra (Boul.). Probably not an original description. Described earlier as a variety by Schreitmüller 1910:759 [ref. 34712]. •Synonym of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866) -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:64 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:574 [ref. 27061], Huber 2019:151 [ref. 36941], Fricke et al. 2024:468 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Synonym of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

rubra, Platypoecilus Brind [W. L.] 1914:22 [Domesticated fish; ref. 21099] Mexico. No types known. Probably described earlier as a variety by Stansch 1914:196 [ref. 19661]. Named with Stanch [sic] as author. Not an original description. •In the synonymy of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866) -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:64 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:574 [ref. 27061], Huber 2019:151 [ref. 36941], Fricke et al. 2024:468 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Synonym of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

aurata, Platypoecilus maculatus Stoye [F. H.] 1932:35, Plate 4 [ ref. 34705] Aquarium specimen, locality unknown. No types known. Also in Stoye 1935:51 [ref. 19824]. Described earlier by Schreitmüller 1928:68 [ref. 20640]. Probably based on an aquarist-made variety. •In the synonymy of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866) -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:64 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:574 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

sanguinea, Platypoecilus maculatus Stoye [F. H.] 1932:35 [ ref. 34705] Aquarium specimen, locality unknown. No types known. Also in Stoye 1935:51 [ref. 19824]. Not an original description, described earlier by Schreitmüller 1928:68 [ref. 20640]. Probably based on an aquarist-made variety. •In the synonymy of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866) -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:64 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:574 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

rubra, Platypoecilus maculatus var. Stansch [K.] 1911:404, Fig. [Wochenschrift für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde v. 8 (no. 28); ref. 34710] Aquarium specimen, locality unknown. No types known. Originally as Platypoecilus maculatus, rote Varietät (var. rubra?). Nomen nudum, not available. •In the synonymy of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866) -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:64 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:574 [ref. 27061], Huber 2019:151 [ref. 36941]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

nigra, Platypoecilus maculatus var. Gerlach [G.] 1912:677, Fig. 1 [Blätter für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde v. 23 (no. 42); ref. 34711] Aquarium specimen, locality unknown. No types known. Can be based on an aquarist-made variety or a natural one. •Synonym of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866) -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:64 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:574 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Habitat: freshwater.

pulchra, Platypoecilus maculatus var. Schreitmüller [W.] 1910:759, Fig. [Blätter für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde v. 21 (no. 47); ref. 34712] Aquarium specimen, locality unknown. No types known. Appeared as Platypoecilus maculatus var. pulchra (Boul. in litt.). There is no description of Boulenger for this species. Could be based on an aquarist-made variety or a natural one. •Synonym of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866) -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:64 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:574 [ref. 27061], Huber 2019:150 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Habitat: freshwater.

aurata, Platypoecilus maculatus var. Schreitmüller [W.] 1928:68 [1st. ed.; ref. 20640] Aquarium specimen, locality unknown. No types known. Probably based on an aquarist-made variety. •In the synonymy of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866) -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:64 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:574 [ref. 27061], Huber 2019:147 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

carnea, Platypoecilus maculatus var. Schreitmüller [W.] 1928:68 [1st. ed.; ref. 20640] Aquarium specimen, locality unknown. No types known. Probably based on an aquarist-made variety. •In the synonymy of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866) -- (Huber 2019:147 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

sanguinea, Platypoecilus maculatus var. Schreitmüller [W.] 1928:68 [1st. ed.; ref. 20640] Aquarium specimen, locality unknown. No types known. Probably based on an aquarist-made variety. •In the synonymy of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866) -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:64 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:574 [ref. 27061], Huber 2019:147 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

maculatus, Platypoecilus Günther [A.] 1866:350 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 6; ref. 1983] Mexico [Central America]. Syntypes: BMNH 1857.7.31.11-12 (2). See Gordon 1927:259 [ref. 34715] for an account of the various named color forms. •Valid as Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866) -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:63 [ref. 7067], Rosen 1979:356 [ref. 22796], Lee et al. 1980:555 [ref. 22416], Paxton et al. 1989:348 [ref. 12442], Page & Burr 1991:234 [ref. 18983], Pethiyagoda 1991:196 [ref. 20075], Gamboa Pérez 1992:317 [ref. 38704], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:55 [ref. 22290], Kottelat et al. 1993:91 [ref. 23448], McDowall in McDowall 1996:122 [ref. 22909], Coad 1996:85 [ref. 25304], Greenfield & Thomerson 1997:128 [ref. 22947], Rodriguez 1997:674 [ref. 23266], Fricke 1999:115 [ref. 24106], Castro et al. 1998:79 [ref. 24271], Rema Devi et al. 1999:161 [ref. 24758], Fuller et al. 1999:317 [ref. 25838], Allen et al. 2002:367 [ref. 25930], Meyer & Schartl 2002:59 [ref. 26066], Skelton 2002:172 [ref. 26839], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:574 [ref. 27061], Meyer & Schartl 2003:63 [ref. 27477], Kallman et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27790], Nelson et al. 2004:106 [ref. 27807], Mundy 2005:296 [ref. 28379], Miller et al. 2006:259 [ref. 28615], Hoese & Gates 2006:744 [ref. 28997], Lucinda & Reis 2005:44 [ref. 29205], Scharpf 2007:23 [ref. 30398], Minckley & Marsh 2009:258 [ref. 31114], Page & Burr 2011:443 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:111 [ref. 32708], Larson et al. 2013:71 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:300 [ref. 32989], Meyer 2015:387 [ref. 34698], Fricke et al. 2018:109 [ref. 35805], Robins et al. 2018:235 [ref. 35886], Huber 2019:147 [ref. 36941], Lorenzoni et al. 2019:252 [ref. 37108], Rodríguez-Barrera et al. 2020:45 [ref. 37800], Angulo 2021:7 [ref. 38913], Jamaluddin et al. 2022:[8] [ref. 39245], Koerber et al. 2022:77 [ref. 39235], Barrientos et al. 2023:274 [ref. 41235], Chan et al. 2023:151 [ref. 40365], Esmaeili & Hamidan 2023:219 [ref. 40377], Page et al. 2023:148 [ref. 40505], Alharti et al. 2024:7 [ref. 41725] as Xiphiphorus maculatus, Çiçek et al. 2024:342 [ref. 40789], Escobar Camacho et al. 2024:8 [ref. 40892], Fricke et al. 2024:468 [ref. 41622], Quintana 2024:8 [ref. 41186], Vieira-Guimarães et al. 2024:58 [ref. 41258], Freyhof et al. 2025:771 [ref. 42718], Iftime & Oţel 2025:45 [ref. 42600], Kaya et al. 2025:23 [ref. 42689]). Current status: Valid as Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Distribution: Southern North America, Central America: Atlantic slope (Mexico, Belize and Guatemala). Introduced widely elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater.

rubra, Platypoecilus maculatus var. Gerlach [G.] 1912:677, Fig. 2 [Blätter für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde v. 23 (no. 42); ref. 34711] Aquarium specimen, locality unknown. No types known. Mentioned earlier by Stansch 1911:404 [ref. 34710]. Nomen nudum, not available. Could be based on an aquarist-made variety or a natural one. •In the synonymy of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866) -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:64 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:574 [ref. 27061], Huber 2019:151 [ref. 36941]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

rubra, Platypoecilus var. Stansch [K.] 1914:196, Fig. [Die exotischen Zierfische in Wort und Bild; ref. 19661] Mexico (aquarium import). No types known. Mentioned earlier as a variety of Platypoecilus maculatus by Stansch 1911:404 [ref. 34710] and Gerlach 1912:677 [ref. 34711]. •Synonym of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866) -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:64 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:574 [ref. 27061], Huber 2019:151 [ref. 36941], Fricke et al. 2024:468 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Synonym of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Habitat: freshwater.

nigra, Platypoecilus Brind [W. L.] 1914:22 [Domesticated fish; ref. 21099] Mexico. No types known. Described earlier as a variety by Gerlach 1912:677 [ref. 34711]. •Synonym of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866) -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:64 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:574 [ref. 27061], Fricke et al. 2024:468 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Synonym of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther 1866). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Habitat: freshwater.