I-Los inhlanzi ye-swordtail, eyaziwa nangokuthi iXipho, iPortaespada noma enegama layo lesayensi iXiphophorus Helleri, ingeyomndeni wezinhlanzi iPoecillidae kanye ne-oda leCyprinodontiformes. Lezi zinhlanzi ezincane zivela emifudlaneni, emifuleni nasemachibini anamanzi amakristalu anemisinga ethambile, evame ukutholakala emifuleni eseMelika Ephakathi. Lezi zinhlanzi ezincane zibonakala ngokuba nomsila oqinile, kuyilapho imisebe engezansi yomsila wenhlanzi yesilisa inweba ngokuma kwenkemba, yingakho bethola leli gama elikhethekile.
La ukufaka imibala kulezi zilwane, lapho besendaweni yabo yemvelo, kuluhlaza, kepha-ke uma besekuthunjweni, okungukuthi ezindaweni zasemanzini nasemachibini, bathambekele ekulahlekelweni yilo mbala. Ngaphandle kwalokhu, uma bese-aquarium bathola imibala eyahlukahlukene kakhulu, kusuka kumbala obomvu emzimbeni wonke, kuya kumawolintshi anemiphetho emnyama emsileni wawo. Ngendlela efanayo ungathola ama-albino, abamnyama abamnyama phakathi kwabanye.
Kumele kuqashelwe ukuthi izinhlanzi zesilisa ezingama-swordtail zingalinganisa amasentimitha ayi-8 ngaphandle kokubala umsila wazo, kanti abesifazane bavame ukuba bakhulu kakhulu ukulinganisa kuze kube ngamasentimitha ayi-12. Lezi zilwane zine- i-dimorphism yezocansi, abesilisa banenkemba emsileni, kanti abesifazane abanayo. Kodwa-ke, lezi zokugcina zivame ukuba zikhulu futhi ziqine kakhulu kunabesilisa.
Uma ucabanga ukuba nalezi zinhlanzi e-aquarium yakho, kubalulekile ukuthi wazi ukuthi Ukushisa kwamanzi e-aquarium Kufanele ibe phakathi kuka-20 no-28 degrees Celsius, kuyilapho i-pH kufanele ibe phakathi kuka-7 no-8,3. Ngendlela efanayo, lezi zinhlanzi ezincane zidinga indawo eningi ukuze zikwazi ukukhula kahle, ngaphezu kohlaza oluningi kanye namabala amancane noma amancane.
Ngokwe ukudla kwaboKhumbula ukuthi ama-swordtails angama-omnivores, ngakho-ke indlela yokudla ingahlukahluka kakhulu, igqamisa ukudla okomile, nokudla kwezitshalo, njengesipinashi.