Poeciliidae

Delicate Swordtail

Xiphophorus cortezi

Five Centimeters Poeciliid Fish from Central American Waters

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

Xiphophorus cortezi, the delicate swordtail, is a species of poeciliid fish from Mexico. Named after the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, Xiphophorus cortezi was originally described in 1960 by Donn Eric Rosen as a subspecies of X. montezumae. It was well known in literature prior to the formal scientific description.