Green Swordtail Xiphophorus hellerii

Green Swordtail Platyfish female
Green Swordtail Platyfish male
Green Swordtail Platyfish male
The Green Swordtail is a platyfish native to well-vegetated swift-flowing streams and still canals/springs from Mexico to Honduras in Central America.
Green Swordtail Platyfish male
Green Swordtail Platyfish
Green Swordtail Platyfish
Platyfish are live-bearers and the thick vegetation is important for the young fry to hide. Males grow to 14cm long and females to 16cm.
Green Swordtail Platyfish male
Green Swordtail Platyfish male
Green Swordtail Platyfish
The wild form is olive green with an orange lateral stripe; the male develops a black-bordered greenish yellow "sword" of the lower caudal fin after which the fish is named.
Green Swordtail Platyfish
Pineapple Swordtail Platyfish
Pineapple Green Swordtail Platyfish
The Green Swordtail is a nuisance invasive species in several parts of the world to which it has been introduced, out-competing native fish for food and habitat. In captivity it has been hybridised with the Southern Platyfish, X. maculatus, and bred in different colours and patterns.