Los I-swordtail Xipho intlanzi, neyaziwa ngegama layo lezenzululwazi njenge Xiphophorus Helleri, isuka kummandla weAtlantic kuMbindi Merika, kanye emntla ntshona we Honduras kunye neGuatemala, nangona kunjalo, kule minyaka idlulileyo iye yaziswa eMzantsi Afrika. Ezi zilwanyana zincinci zihlala zihlala emilanjeni nakwimisinga enemisinga egudileyo kunye neyekhristali, enamatye anesanti kunye nohlaza oluninzi.
Los intlanzi yekrele, zibonakaliswa ngokuba nomzimba omde kwaye omelele ngokomzimba, kunye ne-peduncle ebanzi, efana kakhulu neplatty, nangona ithe kratya kancinci. Yahlukile kwezinye iintlanzi, ngekrele kunye nemitha engezantsi yomsila wayo, ophawuleka kakhulu ngokude emadodeni, awamkela igama lomsila wekrele. Umbala walo msila wokugqibela okanye ikrele, uhlala unomda omnyama emazantsi alo.
Endle, oko kukuthi, ngaphakathi indawo yokuhlala yendaloEzi zilwanyana zinombala oluhlaza, ezinomqolo obomvu ohamba emzimbeni, ukusuka ngamehlo ukuya emsileni. Isabile ihlala inemibala eyahlukeneyo, inokuba tyheli, orenji, bomvu, luhlaza okanye imane inemigca eyahlukeneyo kuyo yonke le mibala idibeneyo. Kufuneka kuqatshelwe ukuba umbala kwizilwanyana esiqhele ukuzifumana kwivenkile yezilwanyana zihlala zihluke ngokupheleleyo kule, zinemibala engapheliyo efana nealbino, obomvu, orenji, mnyama kunye nezinye iintlobo zeentlobo.
Ukuba ucinga unesi silwanyana sincinci kwi-aquarium yakhoKubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba ngenxa yokuhlukunyezwa okufunyanwa ngabantu ababhinqileyo ngexesha lokuthandana yindoda, kuyacetyiswa kuphela ukuba nabasetyhini abathathu kwindoda nganye. Ngokufanayo, i-aquarium kufuneka ibe ngaphezulu kwe-3 yeelitha, enobushushu obuphakathi kwama-100 nama-20 degrees Celsius, ene-pH ye-28 okanye ye-7 degrees. Ngokufanayo, kubalulekile ukuba singawulibali umhombiso wedike, ekufuneka usekwe kwizityalo ezininzi zendalo, amatye kunye neendawo ezahlukeneyo ukuze intlanzi encinci ikwazi ukuzimela nokuziva ikhuselekile.