Nonnative Guppies, Swordtails and Platys
Common Name | Scientific Name | First Observed | Introduction | Status |
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Pike Killifish |
Belonesox belizanus |
1957 |
Released by the Department of Medicine, University of Miami |
Established |
Guppy |
Poecilia reticulata |
Early 1970's |
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture escape |
Formerly reproducing |
Green Swordtail |
Xiphophorus hellerii |
Early 1970's |
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture escape |
Formerly reproducing |
Southern Platyfish |
Xiphophorus maculatus |
Early 1970's |
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture escape |
Formerly reproducing |
Variable Platyfish |
Xiphophorus variatus |
1974 |
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture escape |
Potentially established |