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Genus of fishes

Xenodexia
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Subfamily: Poeciliinae
Tribe: Xenodexini
C. L. Hubbs, 1950
Genus: Xenodexia
C. L. Hubbs, 1950
Species: X. ctenolepis
Binomial name
Xenodexia ctenolepis
C. L. Hubbs, 1950

Xenodexia is a genus of poeciliid fish. It contains the single species Xenodexia ctenolepis, the Grijalva studfish, which is endemic to river basins in Guatemala where it lives in both slow- and fast-flowing waters. Females reach up to 4.5 cm (1.8 in) in total length and males are somewhat smaller.

References

  1. Espinosa Pérez, H.; Matamoros, W.A. (2019). "Xenodexia ctenolepis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T191773A2002862. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T191773A2002862.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Xenodexia ctenolepis". FishBase. August 2018 version.
Taxon identifiers
Xenodexia


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