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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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Male swordtail fish possess a long, colored extension of the caudal fin.
In the study, the sheepshead swordtail fish fish were placed in pairs in a fish tank, food was added and their behaviour was captured on film.
Koi, goldfish, guppy, sailfin molly, green swordtail, southern platyfish, variable platyfish, is undemanding.
Here, we examine male species recognition via odor cues in the swordtail fish.
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.
But ongoing efforts to sequence genes from other fishes, including salmon and swordtail, will also help to test the theory, Postlethwait says.

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