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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Killifishes and Livebearers
Family: Poeciliidae
Genus: Xiphophorus
Maximum length: 7.5 cm
Water: Freshwater
Distribution: Central America: Chiapas in Mexico and Huehuetenango, El Quiche and Alta Veracruz in Guatemala.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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