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Swordtails
(Genus Xiphophorus)
Goliad Farms,
LP,
raises a large variety of healthy, well-conditioned
swordtails in our indoor, climate-controlled facilities. The genus
Xiphophorus also includes the platies. Swordtails are related to the mollies, guppies, Limias
and other Poeciliidae. For a move detailed discussion of the genus Xiphophorus,
please click
here.
Below is a table
listing the oddball and miscellaneous fish Goliad Farms produces or grows out.
Click on the name of a species/variety for specific information about that
particular species/variety. We have chosen to use common names in the contents
bar since these are the names that most tropical fish hobbyists are familiar
with, but, we have included the scientific name in parentheses after the common
name. We have chosen to use the common names used by "Dr. Axelrod's ATLAS of Freshwater Aquarium Fishes" since it is
as close to being ubiquitous as any other aquarium hobby book. In
reference to scientific names, as with all hobbyists, we struggle to
keep up with the seemingly constant reclassification of tropical fish. So,
bear with us on scientific names. We attempt to use consensus names, but
we can't always keep up with the changes.
All scientific names (genus
and species) are in italic
fonts. Common names are in a non-italic font. If the scientific
name is omitted, then we are not sure of the scientific
identification of the fish.
When we don't list any scientific names (genus and species)
we are offering commercial swordtails which are, for the most part,
hybrids between and among three species of Xiphophorus, including X.
helleri, X. maculatus and X. variatus. When we list the
scientific name (genus and species), the fish the pure species.
We offer many color strains of our
swordtails in four fin types:
Regular fins
Hifin dorsal fins (Hifin)
Lyretail caudal fins (Lyretail)
Hifin dorsal fins combined with lyretail caudal fins (Hifin Lyretail)
The reader should look at the
photos to clearly understand the differences. See the Xiphophorus
information page for a discussion of the genetics of the fin types.
Page last modified December 24, 2007.
Copyright © 2007, Goliad Farms, LP
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