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Xiphophorus Literature List 2018 03 Kees de Jong

Mit freundlicher Genehmigung von Kees de Jong: Literaturliste zur Gattung Xiphophorus

 

 

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    (1994): Zwaarddragers negeren evolutietheorie. Poecilia Nieuws (5): 100-100

  B. Allen (2003): The Xiphophorus genetic stock center. Livebearers (176): 4-11

  J. Altschmied, L. Ditzel & M. Schartl (1997): Hypomethylation of the Xmrk oncogene promoter in melanoma cells of Xiphophorus. Biol. Chem. (378): 1457-1466

  J.W. Atz (1962): Effects on hybridization on pigementation in fishes of the genus Xiphophorus. Zoologica (4): 153-181

  H. Auer (2003): Myron Gordon und die Geschichte der genetischen Erforschung der Schwertträger. DGLZ-Rundschau (2): 41-45

  H. Auer (2004): Von fastenden Kojoten und großen Ichtyologen - Kleine Namenskunde bei den Schwertträgern. DGLZ-Rundschau (1): 14-18

  A. Bartsch (1963): Plaatjes. Het Aquarium (6): 138-141

  A.L. Basolo (1996): The phylogenetic distribution of a female preference. Systematic biology (3): 290-307

  C. Cheswright (1994): Down Mexico way. Viviparous (26): 0-9

  C. Cheswright (2004): An A-Z of Xiphophorus. Livebearer News (7): 7-14

  R. Cui et al (2013): Phylogenomics reveals extensive reticulate evolution in Xiphophorus fishes. Evolution (8): 2166-2179

  Z.W. Culumber & M. Tobler (2016): Ecological divergence and conservatism: spatiotemporal patterns of niche evolution in a genus of livebearing fishes (Poeciliidae: Xiphophorus). BMC Evolutionary Biology (): 1-16

  J. Delfgaauw et al. (2003): MITF-M plays an essential role in transcriptional activation and signal transduction in Xiphophorus melanoma. Gene (320): 117-126

  W.J.M. Deutz (1955): Zwaarddragers. Waterweelde (10): 173-175

  V. Diekmann (2007): Anmerkungen zur Artenvielfalt in der DGLZ. DGLZ-Rundschau (1): 15-19

  V. Diekmann (2007): Eine kurze Übersicht über die Gattung Xiphophorus. DGLZ-Rundschau (2): 52-56

  V. Diekmann (2008): Systematiek van en soortgroepen binnen het genus Xiphophorus. Poecilia Nieuws (2): 10-14

  D. Franck (1968): Weitere Untersuchungen zur vergleichenden Ethologie der Gattung Xiphophorus (Pisces). Behaviour (1): 76-95

  B. Friedman & M. Gordon (1934): Chromosome numbers in Xiphophorin fishes. The American Naturalist (718): 446-455

  A. Gómez et al (2004): Identification of a second egfr gene in Xiphophorus uncovers an expansion of the epidermal growth factor receptor family in fish. Mol. Biol. Evol (21): 266-275

  M. Gordon (1997): What does the "gravid spot" mean?. Livebearers (149): 24-26

  M.D. Green, M.G.P. van Veller & D.R. Brooks (2002): Assessing modes of speciation: range asymmetry and biogeographical congruence. Cladistics (18): 112-124

  S.S. Greenberg & M.J. Kopac (1965): Electrophoretic studies of Xiphophorin fishes and their melanoma-bearing hybrids. Physiological Zoology (2): 149-157

  R.C. Griffiths (1987): Those amazing swords Part I. Livebearers (93): 12-14

  T. Hayes (1974): Look (or perhaps we shoud say think) before crossing. Livebearers (16): 15-16

  W. Heinrich & J.H. Schröder (1986): Tentative findings on the phylogenetic relationship within the genus Xiphophorus with regard to the frequency distribution of sexual behavior patterns. Ber. nat. - med. Verein Innsbruck (73): 187-197

  H. Hieronimus (1994): Xiphophorus-Genetik, Teil II. DGLZ-Rundschau (4): 88-90

  H. Hieronimus (1994): Xiphophorus-Genetik, Teil I. DGLZ-Rundschau (3): 64-66

  H. Hieronimus (1996): De kleine zwaarddragers. Poecilia Nieuws (3): 48-51

  H. Hieronimus (2013): Neues bei Xiphophorus - Genetische Untersuchungen der Verwandschaftsbeziehungen. DGLZ-Rundschau (1): 5-7

  J. Hyoun Kang et al (2013): Comprohensive phylogenetic analysis of all species of swordtails and platies uncovers a hybrid origin of a swordtail fish,Xiphophorus monticolus, and demonstrates that the sexually selected sword originated in the

  D. Isla (1991): Livebearer interview: Dr. Klaus Kallman. Livebearers (115): 7-10

  K. Jacobs (1976): Die Neugliderung der Gattung Xiphophorus. Das Aquarium (5): 194-195

  J.C. Jones et al (2013): The evolutionary history of Xiphophorus fish and their sexually selected sword: a genome-wide approach using restriction site-associated DNA sequencing. Molecular Ecology (22): 2986-3001

  K. de Jong (2005): De platy's. Poecilia Nieuws (3): 3-7

  K. de Jong (2005): Die Schwertträger-Wildformen für jeden Aquarianer interessant. Das Lebendgebärenden Magazin (1&2): 23-33

  K. D. Kallman (): The Platyfish, Xiphophorus maculatus. handbook of genetics (4): 81-132

  K. D. Kallman (2001): How the Xiphophorus problem arrived in San Marcos, Texas. Mar. Biotechnol. (3): 6-16

  K.D. Kallman & S. Kazianis (2006): The genus Xiphophorus in Mexico and Central America. Zebrafish (3): 271-285

  J.H. Kang et al (2013): Comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of all species of swordtails and platies uncovers a hybrid origin of a swordtail fish, Xiphophorus monticolus, and demonstrates that the sexually selected sword originated in the

  S. Kazianis (2006): Historical, present, and future use of Xiphophorus fishes for research. Zebrafish (1): 9-10

  M. Köck (2012): Het geslacht Xiphophorus. Poecilia Nieuws (3): 11-27

  D. Lambert (0): The Panuco bassin swordtails. Viviparous (13): 0-

  D. Lambert (1990): The wild platies and swordtails. Livebearers (114): 3-7

  D. Lambert (2004): The wild platies and swordtails. Livebearers (183): 19-24

  J.K. Langhammer (1991): Changes in the names of swordtails. Livebearers (115): 11-12

  J.K. Langhammer (1997): Additional thought on gravid spots. Livebearers (149): 26-27

  F. Liberge (2013): S'initier au jugement des XMP. Le Vivipare (118): 22-30

  P.J. Lockhart, D. Penny & A. Meyer (1995): Testing the phylogeny of swordtail fishes using split decomposition and spectral analysis. J. Mol. Evol. (41): 666-674

  B. Malitschek, Wittbrodt, Fischer, Lammers, Ullrich & Schartl (1994): Autocrine stimulation of Xmrk receptor tyrosine kinase in Xiphophorus melanoma cells and identification of a source for the physological ligand. Journal of Biological

  J. Mangan (1997): The truth about Hi-fin Xiphophorus genetics. Livebearers (145): 19-22

  J.M. Marcus & A.R. McCune (1999): Ontongeny and phylogeny in the Northern swordtail clade of Xiphophorus. Systematic biology (3): 491-522

  D.E. Mefford (1997): How does hi-fin and plumetail work?. Livebearers (147): 19-19

  M.K. Meyer (1993): Schwertträger. Aqua geographica (4): 82-85

  A. Meyer et al (1994): Recurrent origin of a sexually selected trait in Xiphophorus fishes inferred from a molecular phylogeny. Nature (368): 539-542

  A. Meyer, W. Salzburger & M Schartl (2006): Hybrid origin of a swordtail species (Teleostei: Xiphophorus clemenciae) driven by sexual selection. Molecular Ecology (j.1365-294X.2006.02810.x): 1-10

  D. Mitchell et al (2014): Interspecific variation in the repair of UV damaged DNA in the genus Xiphophorus as a factor in the decline of the Río Grande platyfish. Photochemistry and Photobiology (): -

  D.C. Morizot et al (1991): Genetic linkage map of fishes of the genus Xiphophorus. Genetics (127): 399-410

  N. Offen, N. Blum, A. Meyer & G. Begemann (2008): Fgfr I signalling in the development of a sexually selected trait in vertebrates, the sword of swordtail fish. BMC Developmental Biology (98): 1-18

  K. Pfand (1977): V. DDR Xipho-Schau in Sömmerda. Aquarien Terrarien (6): 194-194

  F.N. Poeser (1996): Erfelijkheid en geslachtsbepaling. Poecilia Nieuws (6): 147-151

  A. Pomiankowski (1994): Swordplay and sensory bias. Nature (368): 494-495

  B. Poßeckert (1994): Bewertungsrichtlinie Wildformen - Standard Zuchtformen (Xiphophorus). DGLZ-Rundschau (Sonderheft): 1-32

  A.C. Radda (1980): Synopsis der Gattung Xiphophorus Heckel. Aquaria (27): 39-44

  C.M. Rodriguez (1997): Phylogenetic analysis of the tribe poeciliini. Copeia (4): 663-679

  D.E. Rosen (1960): Middle-American Poeciliid Fishes of the genus Xiphophorus. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum (4): 58-243

  D.E. Rosen (1979): Fishes from the uplands and intermontane basins of Guatemala: Revisionary Studies and Comparative Geography. Bulletin American Museum of Natural History (162): 268-375

  D.E. Rosen & K.D. Kallman (1969): A new fish of the genus Xiphophorus from Guatemala, with remarks on the Taxonomy of Endemic Forms. American Museum Novitates (2379): 1-29

  G.G. Rosenthal (2010): Swordtails and platyfishes. in: Breed & More (eds) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (3): 363-367

  G.G. Rosenthal & F.J. García de León (2006): Sexual Behavior, Genes, and Evolution in Xiphophorus. Zebrafish (1): 85-90

  G. Salgado-Maldonado (2004): Helminth parasites of freshwater fishes of the Pánuco river basin. Comp. Parasitol. (2): 190-202

  A. Savastio (1988): Hybridization between swordtails and platies. Livebearers (102): 3-4

  M. Schart et al (1998): Triplet repeat variability in the signal peptide sequence of the Xmrk receptor tyrosine kinase gene in Xiphophorus fish. Gene (224): 17-21

  A. Seidel & H. Seidel (1988): Die Geschichte der Schwertträger Teil I: Xiphophorus oder Platypoecilus: das ist hier die Frage. Das Aquarium (März): 36-42

  A. Seidel & H. Seidel (1988): Die Geschichte der Schwertträger Teil II "Art oder Unterart, das ist hier die Frage". Das Aquarium (Mai): 280-283

  R. Serva (2006): Identifying the wild swordtails. Genus Xiphophorus. Tropical Fish Hobbyist (april): 98-110

  I. Sinclair (2004): The parable of the six loafers and two small fishes. Livebearer News (7): 17-21

  D. Speirs (1991): Swordtail evolution. Livebearers (119): 14-15

  V. Tribius (1990): Schwertträger unteridisch. DGLZ-Rundschau (3): 4-12

  J.R. Vielkind, K.D. Kallman & D.C. Morizot (1989): Genetics of Melanomas in Xiphophorus fishes. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health (1): 69-77

  W. Voigt (2002): "Spiegelkärpflinge" Eine Monographie von Dr. Myron Gordon. Das Aquarium (11): 31-33

  J.-N. Volff & M. Schartl (2004): Hautkrebs bei Fischen: ein Tumorgen und die Folgen. DGLZ-Rundschau (4): 97-99

  R.B. Walter & S. Kazianis (2001): Xiphophorus interspecies hybrids as genetic models of inducec neoplasia. ILAR Journal (4): 299-321

  S. Weis & M. Schartl (1998): The macromelanophore locus and the melanoma oncogene Xmrk are separate genetic entities in the genome of Xiphophorus. Genetics (149): 1909-1920

  J.J. Wiens & M.R. Morris (1996): Character definitions, sexual selection, and the evolution of swordtails. American Naturalist (5): 866-869

  C. Winkler, Wittbrodt, Lammers, Ullricht & Schartl (1994): Ligand-dependent tumor induction in medakafish embryos by Xmrk receptor tyrosine kinase transgene. oncogene (9): 1517-1525

  L. Wischnath (1997): Xiphophorus Les formes sauvage. Aquarama (156): 12-19

  C.D. Zander (1967): Ökologische und morphologische Beiträge zur Systematik und geographischen Verbreitung der Gattung Xiphophorus. Mitt. Hamburg. Zool. Mus. Inst. (64): 37-125

  C.D. Zander (1975): Genetische Merkmalsanalyse als Hilfmittel bei der Taxonomie der Zahnkarpfen-Gattung Xiphophorus. Z. zool. Syst. Evolut.-forsch. (13): 63-78

  H. Zauner, G. Begemann, M. Marì-Beffa & A. Meyer (2003): Differential regulation of msx genes in the development of the gonopodium, an intromittent organ, and of the "sword", a sexually selected trait of swordtail fishes (Xiphophorus).

Xiphophorus alvarezi Rosen, 1960

  H. Auer (2012): Von fastende Koyoten und großen Ichthyologen - Keine Namenskunde von den Schwertträgern. Das Lebendgebärenden Magazin (1): 22-25

  T. Coletti (2010): Livebearer unlimited The southern swordtails. Tropical Fish Hobbyist (Feb): 32-34

  G. Daul (1995): Der blaue Schwertträger. DATZ (3): 197-197

  D. Hughes-Phillips (2010): Guatemala trip 2007. Livebearers (209): 28-41

  K. D. Kallman (1989): Genetic Control of Size at Maturity in Xiphophorus. Ecology & Evolution of Livebearing Fishes (Poeciliidae) (): 163-184

  K.D. Kallman & I.Y. Bao (1987): Female heterogamety in the swordtail, Xiphophorus alvarezi Rosen (Pisces, Poeciliidae), with comments on a natural polymorphism affecting sword coloration. Journal of Experimental Zoology (243): 93-102

  M. Köck (2012): Mit und ohne Schwert: Die Gattung Xiphophorus Teil 1: Die SüdlichenSchwertträger. Das Lebendgebärenden Magazin (1): 12-21

  M. Köck (2012): Het geslacht Xiphophorus. Poecilia Nieuws (3): 11-27

  M. de Lourdes Lozano Vilano & S. Contreras Balderas (1987): Lista zoogeografica y ecologica de la ictiofauna continental de Chiapas, Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist (2): 223-236

  L. van der Meer (2007): Xiphophorus alvarezi Rosen, 1960. Poecilia Nieuws (1): 29-31

  M.K. Meyer (1996): Schwertträger Xiphophorus helleri- und X. nigrensis-Komplex. Das Aquarium (329): 14-17

  C.E. Oufiero, K. Jugo & T. Garland jr (2014): Swimming with a sword: tail beat kinematics in relation to sword length in Xiphophorus. Functional Ecology (): -

  A.C. Radda (1982): Synopsis der Gattung Xiphophorus Heckel. DGLZ-Rundschau (2): 25-30

  D.E. Rosen (1960): Middle-American Poeciliid Fishes of the genus Xiphophorus. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum (4): 58-243

  R. Serva (2005): The Genus Xiphophorus Part 1, the Swordtails. Livebearers (184): 4-25

  L. Wischnath (1982): Nieuwe zwaarddragers uit Mexico. TI'H (29): 41-42

  L. Wischnath (1982): Op zoek naar Priapella compressa en Xiphophorus alvarezi. Het Aquarium (11): 313-315

  L. Wischnath (1982): Naar Mexico, het land van de levendbarenden. TI'H (29): 39-41

  L. Wischnath (1983): Trichocoronis rivularis, Gray. Een nieuwe aquariumplant. Het Aquarium (3): 76-78

  L. Wischnath (1995): Zwaarddrager wildvormen, deel 2. Het Aquarium (12): 290-293

  L. Wischnath & M. Meyer (1985): Xiphophorus-Natur-Hybriden. DGLZ-Rundschau (1): 15-17

Xiphophorus andersi Meyer & Schartl, 1980

  H. Auer (2012): Von fastende Koyoten und großen Ichthyologen - Keine Namenskunde von den Schwertträgern. Das Lebendgebärenden Magazin (1): 22-25

  D. Gentzsch (1989): Ergänzende Hinweise zum Erstimport des Gelben Schwertschwanzplatys Xiphophorus andersi nach Europa. ZAG Lebendgebärende Zahnkarpfen (4): 12-12

  K. de Jong (1988): Xiphophorus andersi, met uitsterven bedreigd; het Atoyac zwaardplaatje. Poecilia Nieuws (2): 25-26

  K. de Jong (1989): Xiphophorus andersi, vom aussterben bedroht. ZAG Lebendgebärende Zahnkarpfen (4): 11-12

  K. de Jong (1992): Hoe lang nog?. Picasso onder water (): 0-

  K. de Jong (1996): Een nieuwe aanpak. Poecilia Nieuws (2): 26-29

  K. de Jong (1999): Het Atoyac zwaardplaty (Xiphophorus andersi, Meyer & Schartl 1979). Poecilia Nieuws (3): 55-61

  K. de Jong (2001): De Atoyac zwaardplaty Xiphophorus andersi. Het Aquarium (6): 214-216

  K. de Jong (2004): Der Atoyac Schwertplaty (Xiphophorus andersi, Meyer & Schartl 1979). Das Lebendgebärenden Magazin (2): 8-14

  K. de Jong (2005): Xiphophorus andersi Meyer & Schartl, 1980. Poecilia Nieuws (3): 13-16

  K. D. Kallman (1989): Genetic Control of Size at Maturity in Xiphophorus. Ecology & Evolution of Livebearing Fishes (Poeciliidae) (): 163-184

  M. Köck (2006): Lebendgebärende in Zoologische Gärten VIII: Das Mexiko-Haus im Tiergarten Schönbrunn im Wien. DGLZ-Rundschau (3): 98-102

  M. Köck (2013): Mit und ohne Schwert: Die Gattung Xiphophorus Teil 3: Die Platys. Das Lebendgebärenden Magazin (2): 9-20

  M. Köck (2014): Met en zonder zwaard: Het geslacht Xiphophorus deel 3 de platy's. Poecilia Nieuws (3): 21-41

  J.K. Langhammer (1999): New Phylogenetic relationships proposed for Xiphophorine species. Livebearers (155): 27-28

  E. Marcisz (1986): The goldburst platy - an F1 hybrid. Livebearers (91): 3-4

  M.K. Meyer & M. Schartl (1980): Eine neue Xiphophorus-Art aus Vera Cruz, Mexiko. Senckenbergiana biol. (60): 147-151

  M.K. Meyer & M. Schartl (1981): Eine neue Xiphophorus-Art aus Vera Cruz, Mexiko. DGLZ-Rundschau (3): 34-38

  W. Noack (1980): Op zoek naar nieuwe vissoorten. TI'H (23): 28-29

  H. Obregón-Barboza, S. Contreras-Balderas & M. Lozano-Vilano (1994): The fishes of northern and central Veracruz, Mexico. Hydrobiologica (286): 79-95

  A.C. Radda (1982): Synopsis der Gattung Xiphophorus Heckel. DGLZ-Rundschau (2): 25-30

  A. Savastio (1985): A cross between a wild & domestic swordtail. Livebearers (82): 7-7

  R. Serva & G. Tash (1997): In sort of the "wild" red swordtail (amongst other things). Viviparous (39): 0-

  S. Teutloff (1989): Auch ein Schwertschwansplaty.... ZAG Lebendgebärende Zahnkarpfen (2): 1-3

  R.B. Walter et al (2004): A microsatellite genetic linkage map for Xiphophorus. Genetics (168): 363-372

  A. Weissenbacher (2009): Erhaltungszucht von Fischen im Tiergarten Schönbrunn. Aquaristik Fachmagazin (6): 8-13

  L. Wischnath (0): Le Rio Atoyac au Mexique, le berceau de raretés aquariophiles. Aquarama (): 11-15

  L. Wischnath (1980): Een nieuwe zwaardplaty uit Mexico. TI'H (23): 28-28

  L. Wischnath (1981): Naar Mexico, het land van de levendbarende vissen. TI'H (24): 35-37

  L. Wischnath (1982): Naar Mexico, het land van de levendbarenden. TI'H (29): 39-41

  L. Wischnath (1996): Wildvormen van het geslacht Xiphophorus deel 3 - platy's. Het Aquarium (1): 7-9

Xiphophorus bastaard

  M. Hellweg (2014): Mike's fishrooom The hybrid menace: stirring the pot. Livebearers (224): 16-17

Xiphophorus birchmanni Lechner & Radda, 1987

  M. Ah-King & P.A. Gowaty (2016): A conceptual review of mate choice: stochastic demography, within-sex phenotypic plasticity, and individual flexibility. Ecology and Evolution (14): 4607-4642

  H. Auer (2012): Von fastende Koyoten und großen Ichthyologen - Keine Namenskunde von den Schwertträgern. Das Lebendgebärenden Magazin (1): 22-25

  K. Boulton et al (2015): How integrated are behavioral and endocrine stress response traits? A repeated measures approach to testing the stress-coping style model. Ecology and Evolution (3): 618-633

  K. Boulton et al (2016): Sex-specific plasticity and genotype x sex interactions for age and size of maturity in the sheepshead swordtail, Xiphophorus birchmanni. J. Evol. Biol. (29): 645-656

  C. Cheswright (0): A Christmas trip to Mexico. Viviparous (42): 0-

  S.W. Coleman & G. G. Rosenthal (2006): Swordtail fry attend to chemical and visual cues in detecting predators and conspecifics. Plos1ne (1): 1-4

  S.W. Coleman et al (2009): A field-study of inducible molecular defenses, ultraviolet radiation, and melanomagenesis in natural Xiphophorus hybrids. Environmental Biology of Fishes (86): 279-284

  T. Coletti (2010): Livebearers unlimited The northern mountain swordtails. Tropical Fish Hobbyist (March): 32-35

  Z. Culumber (2013): Aquarium science: Variation in wild swordtails. Tropical Fish Hobbyist (5): 64-68

  Z. Culumber (2014): Pigmentation in Xiphophorus: an emerging system in ecological and evolutionary genetics. Zebrafish (1): 57-70

  Z. Culumber (2018): Impact of environmental change on wild livebearer populations. Livebearers (237): 9-15

  Z.W. Culumber & G.G. Rosenthal (2013): Population-level mating patterns and fluctuating asymmetry in swordtail hybrids. Naturwissenschaften (100): 801-804

  Z.W. Culumber et al (2010): Replicated hybrid zones of Xiphophorus swordtails along an elevational gradient. Molecular Ecology (20): 342-356

  Z.W. Culumber et al (2012): Physiological adaptation along environmental gradients and replicated hybrid zone structure in swordtails (Teleostei: Xiphophorus). Journal of Evolution Biology (25): 1800-1814

  Z.W. Culumber, O.M. Ochoa & G.G. Rosenthal (2014): Assortative mating and the maintenance of population structure in a natural hybrid zone. American Naturalist (2): 225-232

  N. Dokoupil (1997): Ein Schwertträger ohne Schwert. DATZ (1): 35-37

  R.L. Earley (2006): Xiphophorus: carving a niche towards a broader understanding of aggression and dominance. Zebrafish (3): 287-298

  H.S. Fisher & G.G. Rosenthal (2006): Female swordtail fish use chemical cues to select well-fed males. Anim. Behav. (72): 721-725

  H.S. Fisher & G.G. Rosenthal (2006): Hungry females show stronger mating preferences. Behavioral Ecology (17): 979-981

  H.S. Fisher & G.G. Rosenthal (2007): Male swordtails court with an audience in mind. Biol. Lett. (3): 5-7

  H.S. Fisher & G.G. Rosenthal (2009): Relative abundance of Xiphophorus fishes and its effect on sexual communication. Ethology (116): 32-38

  H.S. Fisher & G.G. Rosenthal (2010): Relative abundance of Xiphophorus fishes and its effect on sexual communication. Ethology (116): 32-38

  H.S. Fisher, B.B.M. Wong & G.G. Rosenthal (2006): Alteration of the chemical environment disrupts communication in a freshwater fish. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. (273): 1187-1193

  H.S. Fisher, S.J. Mascuch & G.G. Rosenthal (2009): Multivariate male traits misalign with multivariate female preferences in the swordtail fish, Xiphophorus birchmanni. Animal Behaviour (78): 265-269

  C. Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, A. Shearer, M. Morris & K. de Queiroz (2008): Phylogeography and monophyly of the swordtail fish species Xiphophorus birchmanni. Zoologica Scripta (37): 129-139

  D. Harper (2014): Swordtail discoveries. Popular Fishkeeping (Summer): 71-71

  H. Hieronimus (1989): Noch rar in Aquarien: Xiphophorus birchmanni. DATZ (9): 522-523

  H. Hieronimus (1992): Die kleinen Schwertträger. DGLZ-Rundschau (1): 8-10

  H. Hieronimus (2007): Neues zu Xiphophorus cortezi. DGLZ-Rundschau (4): 103-105

  J.B. Johnson, D.C. Macedo, C.N. Passow & G. Rosenthal (2014): Sexual ornaments, body morphology, and swimming performance in naturally hybridizing swordtails (Teleostei: Xiphophorus). Plos1ne (10): 1-10

  K. de Jong (1988): Revisie van de Xiphophorus montezumae/cortezi groep en beschrijving van een nieuwe ondersoort. Poecilia Nieuws (6): 83-86

  K. de Jong (2003): Op zoek naar zwaarddragers in Mexico 2002. Poecilia Nieuws (4): 54-68

  K. de Jong (2003): Auf der Suche nach den Schwertträgern, Mexiko 2002 (Teil 1). Das Lebendgebärenden Magazin (3/4): 53-67

  K. de Jong (2008): De smaak van water. Poecilia Nieuws (2): 19-20

  K. de Jong (2018): Xiphophorus birchmanni Lechner & Radda, 1987. Poecilia Nieuws Atlas (): -

  K. de Jong (2018): De smaak van water. Het Aquarium (1): 49-49

  H.K. Kindsvater, G.G. Rosenthal & S.H. Alonzo (2012): Maternal size and age shape offspring size in a live-bearing fish, Xiphophorus birchmanni. Plos1ne (11): 1-8

  H.K. Kindsvater, S.E. Simpson, G.G. Rosenthal & S.H. Alonzo (2013): Male diet, female experience, and female size influence maternal investment in swordtails. Behavioral Ecology (3): 691-697

  M. Köck (2012): Mit und ohne Schwert; Die Gattung Xiphophorus Teil 2: Die Nördlichen Schwertträger. Das Lebendgebärenden Magazin (2): 12-25

  M. Köck (2013): Het geslacht Xiphophorus Deel 2 De noordelijke zwaarddragers. Poecilia Nieuws (5): 8-26

  D. Lambert (0): Xiphophorus birchmanni. Viviparous (38): 0-

  D. Lambert (1996): The search for Skiffia francesae The Aquarian Expedition 1996. Tropical Fish Hobbyist (november): 118-133

  P. Lechner & A.C. Radda (1988): Revision des Xiphophorus montezumae/cortezi-Komplexes und Neubeschreibung einer Subspezies. DGLZ-Rundschau (2): 4-11

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Xiphophorus 'kosszanderi'

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Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther, 1866)

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