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Xiphophorus maculatus (Southern platyfish; Southern platy; Platy; Moon fish; Moon)

Synonyms: Platypoecilus aurata; Platypoecilus cyanellus; Platypoecilus maculatus; Platypoecilus maculatus aurata; Platypoecilus maculatus cyanellus; Platypoecilus maculatus sanguinea; Platypoecilus nigra; Platypoecilus pulchra; Platypoecilus rubra; Platypoecilus sanguinea; Poecilia maculata; Poecilia maculatus; Xiphorus maculatus
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Wikipedia Abstract

The southern platyfish, common platy, moonfish or mickey mouse platy (Xiphophorus maculatus) is a species of freshwater fish in family Poecilidae of order Cyprinodontiformes. A live-bearer, it is closely related to the green swordtail (X. helleri) and can interbreed with it. It is native to an area of North and Central America stretching from Veracruz, Mexico, to northern Belize. The southern platyfish grows to a maximum overall length of 6.0 cm (2.4 in).
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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  1 inches (4 cm)
Brood Dispersal [1]  On/In self
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Maya Multiple Use Area 1156412 Guatemala  
Reserva de la Biosfera de Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve VI 1312618 Mexico  

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Centrocestus formosanus <Unverified Name>[3]
Prototransversotrema steeri[3]
Trichodina heterodentata[4]

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

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Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
Artis Zoo
Drusillas Zoo Park
Kyiv Zoological Park
Ouwehand Zoo
Park i Ogrod Zoologiczny w Krakowie
Parque Zoologico Huachipa
Permskii Zoologicheskii Sad
Rodbaston College
Rostock Zoologischer Garten
San Antonio Zoological Gardens & Aquar
Steinhart Aquarium (CA Acad of Science
Tallinn Zoo
Thuringer Zoopark Erfurt
Zoo Hannover GmbH

Distribution

Africa-Inland Waters; America, North - Inland waters; America, South - Inland waters; Asia - Inland waters; Australia; Australian; Bahamas; Belize; Colombia; Ethiopian; Guatemala; Hawaii (USA); Honduras; India; Indonesia; Jamaica; Japan; Madagascar; Mauritius; Mexico; Nearctic; Neotropical; Nigeria; North and Central America: Ciudad Veracruz, Mexico to northern Belize. At least one country reports adverse ecological impact after introduction.; Oceania - Inland waters; Oriental; Palau; Puerto Rico; Réunion; Saudi Arabia; Singapore; Sri Lanka; USA (contiguous states);

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Citations

Species recognized by , , FishBase in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495. ♦ 2Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org ♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London ♦ 4Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
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Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access
Institution information provided by International Species Information System - May 2011