River

Grande de Catemaco

One profile names the Grande de Catemaco. That is what has been written, not what lives there.

Species: 1
Families: 1
Photographed: 0 of 1
Difficulty rated: 1 of 1

That fish is also recorded from

Ameca
Armería
Chamelecón
Chixoy
Copan
de la Pasión
Filobobos
Grande de Morelia

Xiphophorus helleriiGreen Swordtail

Poeciliidae · Heckel, 1848

Wild swordtails are a fairly basic green colur. However the vast majority of swordtails available in the hobby today are hybrids of X.helleri with X.maculatus or X.variatus. There are a huge number of selectively-bred varieties available, including wagtail, lyretail, tuxedo, albino, neon, red, green and hi-fin. Swordtails may undergo what appears to be a change in sex. In young fish this may simply be late development. However some adult females develop male characteristics which is thought ...

Moderate