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Related FAQs: Swordtails 1, Swordtails 2, Swordtail
Identification, Swordtail Behavior, Swordtail Compatibility, Swordtail Selection, Swordtail Systems, Swordtail Feeding, Swordtail Disease, Swordtail Reproduction, &
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& Livebearing Fishes by Bob Fenner,
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(Hemiramphrids)
/A Diversity of Aquatic Life
Livebearing Fishes for
Aquariums and Not
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By Bob Fenner
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En garde!
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Swordtails: Xiphophorus helleri
| Xiphophorus helleri Heckel 1848, the (Green)
Swordtail . North and Central America; Rio Nantla, Veracruz in
Mexico to northwestern Honduras. Many varieties; popular freshwater
aquarium fish. To 14 cm. in length. Cond.s pH 7-8, dH 9-19, temp.
25-27 C. Female and male of Black variety at right. Best kept
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| Red Velvet male |
Brick Red female |
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| Green male |
Red & White male |
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| Neon Red male |
Xanthic variety female |
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| Neon male |
Sunset male |
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| Hifin Lyretail Black male |
Hifin Lyretail Marigold female |
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| Hifin Fantail Tangerine female |
Hifin Lyretail Black males |
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| Neon Hifin Lyretail Female |
Hifin Lyretail Black male |
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