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What is a swordtail?

What is a swordtail? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. One of many species of freshwater fish, in genus Xiphophorus, others of which are called platyfish.
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Koi, goldfish, guppy, sailfin molly, green swordtail, southern platyfish, variable platyfish, is undemanding.
If true, he said, the evolution of this mating preference might help explain the evolution of swords in male swordtail fishes.
But ongoing efforts to sequence genes from other fishes, including salmon and swordtail, will also help to test the theory, Postlethwait says.
The smartest move any would-be pintail hunter can make is to keep his eyes and mind open to exactly where the swordtail bird is working.
Male swordtail fish possess a long, colored extension of the caudal fin.
Effect of dietary HUFA on reproductive performance, tissue fatty acid profile and desaturase and elongase mRNAs in female swordtail xiphophorus helleri.

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