Poeciliidae

Chiapas Swordtail

Xiphophorus alvarezi

Seven Point Five Centimeters Poeciliid Fish of Mexican Waters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Central America and the Caribbean
• North America
• Small
• Tropical fish

The Chiapas swordtail or upland swordtail (Xiphophorus alvarezi) is a species of livebearing freshwater fish of family Poeciliidae, and genus Xiphophorus. It is, therefore, in the same genus as the common platy and the swordtail. The Chiapas swordtail was discovered and first described by Donn E. Rosen in 1960, along with four other species of Xiphophorus.