''Pseudoxiphophorus'' is a

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of fish from the

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Poeciliidae The Poeciliidae are a family of freshwater fishes of the order Cyprinodontiformes, the tooth-carps, and include well-known live-bearing aquarium fish, such as the guppy, molly, platy, and swordtail. The original distribution of the family was t ...

. The species in the genus were formerly considered to be in the genus ''

Heterandria ''Heterandria'' is a genus of livebearing fishes within the family Poeciliidae. Most species occur in Guatemala and its surroundings, particularly Mexico, but the midget livebearer ('' H. formosa'') comes from the southeastern United States ...

'' but workers found that most of the species were not closely related to the

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of that genus, '' Heterandria formosa'', and seven species were transferred to the genus ''Pseudoxiphophorus''. They are found in Central America.

Species

The following seven species are classified as belonging to the genus: *'' Pseudoxiphophorus anzuetoi'' (

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& Bailey 1979) *'' Pseudoxiphophorus bimaculatus'' (Heckel 1848)-(Twospot livebearer) *'' Pseudoxiphophorus cataractae'' (Rosen 1979) *'' Pseudoxiphophorus diremptus'' (Rosen 1979) *'' Pseudoxiphophorus jonesii'' ( Günther 1874) - (Barred killifish) *'' Pseudoxiphophorus litoperas'' (Rosen & Bailey 1979) *'' Pseudoxiphophorus obliquus'' (Rosen 1979)

References

Poeciliidae {{Cyprinodontiformes-stub