The #Xiphophorus Working Group (XWG) aim is to promote the keeping of wild strains of 𝑋𝑖𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑢𝑠 (#platies & #swordtails) and to create a network of breeders to support the #conservation of these beautiful fish.
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📷 𝑋. 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑧𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑒

𝑋𝑖𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑢𝑠 Genetic Stock Center, one of the oldest scientific resource centres in the US, has provided scientists with pedigreed strains of livebearing #platys & #swordtails of the genus #𝑋𝑖𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑢𝑠 for over 80 years. #modelspecies