A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Poeciliidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Priapichthys panamensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1916 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Priapichthys puetzi Meyer & Etzel, 1996 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Procatopus aberrans Ahl, 1927 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Procatopus nototaenia Boulenger, 1904 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Procatopus similis Ahl, 1927 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudopoecilia austrocolumbiana Radda, 1987 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudopoecilia festae (Boulenger, 1898) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudopoecilia fria (Eigenmann & Henn, 1914) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudoxiphophorus anzuetoi (Rosen & Bailey, 1979) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudoxiphophorus bimaculatus (Heckel, 1848) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudoxiphophorus cataractae (Rosen, 1979) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudoxiphophorus diremptus (Rosen, 1979) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudoxiphophorus jonesii (Günther, 1874) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudoxiphophorus litoperas (Rosen & Bailey, 1979) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudoxiphophorus obliquus (Rosen, 1979) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhexipanchax kabae (Daget, 1962) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhexipanchax lamberti (Daget, 1962) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhexipanchax nimbaensis (Daget, 1948) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scolichthys greenwayi Rosen, 1967 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scolichthys iota Rosen, 1967 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tomeurus gracilis Eigenmann, 1909 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Xenophallus umbratilis (Meek, 1912) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chiapas SwordtailXiphophorus alvarezi Rosen, 1960 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spiketail PlatyfishXiphophorus andersi Meyer & Schartl, 1980 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sheepshead swordtailXiphophorus birchmanni Lechner & Radda, 1987 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Xiphophorus clemenciae Álvarez, 1959 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Short-sword PlatyfishXiphophorus continens Rauchenberger, Kallman & Morizot, 1990 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Delicate SwordtailXiphophorus cortezi Rosen, 1960 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Monterrey PlatyfishXiphophorus couchianus (Girard, 1859) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Reticulate PlatyfishXiphophorus evelynae Rosen, 1960 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Xiphophorus gordoni Miller & Minckley, 1963 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| green swordtailXiphophorus hellerii Heckel, 1848 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Xiphophorus kallmani Meyer & Schartl, 2003 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Xiphophorus kosszanderi Meyer & Wischnath, 1981 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Southern PlatyfishXiphophorus maculatus (Günther, 1866) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Highland SwordtailXiphophorus malinche Rauchenberger, Kallman & Morizot, 1990 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Xiphophorus mayae Meyer & Schartl, 2002 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marbled SwordtailXiphophorus meyeri Schartl & Schröder, 1988 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Catemaco platyfishXiphophorus milleri Rosen, 1960 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Xiphophorus mixei Kallman, Walter, Morizot & Kazianis, 2004 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Moctezuma SwordtailXiphophorus montezumae Jordan & Snyder, 1899 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Xiphophorus monticolus Kallman, Walter, Morizot & Kazianis, 2004 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barred SwordtailXiphophorus multilineatus Rauchenberger, Kallman & Morizot, 1990 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mountain SwordtailXiphophorus nezahualcoyotl Rauchenberger, Kallman & Morizot, 1990 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pygmy SwordtailXiphophorus pygmaeus Hubbs & Gordon, 1943 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Xiphophorus roseni Meyer & Wischnath, 1981 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Xiphophorus signum Rosen & Kallman, 1969 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Variable PlatyfishXiphophorus variatus (Meek, 1904) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Swordtail PlatyfishXiphophorus xiphidium (Gordon, 1932) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.