- Heterandria
Taxobox
name = Heterandria
image_caption =Least Killifish ("Heterandria formosa")
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Actinopterygii
ordo =Cyprinodontiformes
familia =Poeciliidae
familia_authority = Garman, 1895
genus = "Heterandria"
genus_authority = Agassiz, 1853
subdivision_ranks = species
subdivision ="Heterandria anzuetoi " "Heterandria attenuata " "Heterandria bimaculata " "Heterandria cataractae " "Heterandria dirempta " "Heterandria formosa " "Heterandria jonesii " "Heterandria litoperas " "Heterandria obliqua ""Heterandria" is a genus of livebearing fishes within the family
Poeciliidae . This is the same family that includes familiaraquarium fishes such asguppies andswordtail s. Species within "Heterandria" are not common aquarium fish, although "Heterandria formosa ", also known as theLeast Killifish orDwarf Livebearer is sometimes kept. Most species live in the wild inMexico ,Guatemala ,Honduras and possiblyEl Salvador , but "Heterandria formosa" comes from southeastUnited States . "Heterandria formosa" is one of the smallest known fish in the world.pecies
Species within the genus "Heterandria" include:
*"
Heterandria anzuetoi ", (Rosen and Bailey, 1979)
*"Heterandria attenuata ", Rosen and Bailey, 1979)
*Twospot Livebearer , "Heterandria bimaculata ", (Heckel, 1848)
*"Heterandria cataractae ", Rosen, 1979
*"Heterandria dirempta ", Rosen, 1979
*Least Killifish orDwarf Livebearer , "Heterandria formosa ", (Girard, 1859)
*Barred Killifish , "Heterandria jonesii ", (Günther, 1874)
*"Heterandria litoperas ", (Rosen and Bailey, 1979)
*"Heterandria obliqua ", (Rosen, 1979)
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