Northern platyfish
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The northern platyfish (Xiphophorus gordoni) is a small, endangered species of fish in the family Poeciliidae.[1] It is endemic to the vicinity of Cuatro Ciénegas in the Mexican state of Coahuila. It is restricted to hot-spring heated ditches and marshes of the Laguna Santa Tecla. Its native water is shallow and vegetation-choked, with very stable temperatures that generally are around Template:Cvt, although captive studies show the species also can live in slightly colder water.[2][3][4][5]
The species is primarily threatened by habitat loss due to construction of irrigation channels.[2] Captive "safety" populations are kept at the Xiphophorus Genetic Stock Center, Texas State University, United States,[2] and by XNP conservation project members, which include public aquariums, universities and private aquarists in several European countries and the United States.[6][7][8]
It was named in honor of Myron Gordon by Robert Rush Miller and W. L. Minckley who discovered it with Carl Hubbs on a 1961 expedition.[3][9] The northern platyfish shares the title as northernmost naturally distributed Xiphophorus with the closely related Monterrey platyfish (X. couchianus) and marbled swordtail (X. meyeri).[4][10]
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External links
- Some Like it Hot:The Cuatrocienegas Platy, Ted Dengler Coletti, PhD, Pgs 36 and 37, Tropical Fish Hobbyist, May 2009