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Gila (genus)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subfamily
  
Leuciscinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Cyprinidae

Scientific name
  
Gila

Higher classification
  
Cyprinidae

Order
  
Cypriniformes

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Lower classifications
  
Bonytail chub, Humpback chub, Roundtail chub, Gila intermedia, Tui chub

Gila is a genus of fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, native to the United States and Mexico. Species of Gila are collectively referred to as western chubs. The chiselmouth is a close relative (Simons & Mayden 1997). Several members of the genus are endangered or extinct due to loss of habitat causing by diversion or overuse of water resources, particularly in the western United States.

Species

  • Gila alvordensis C. L. Hubbs & R. R. Miller, 1972 (Alvord chub)
  • Gila atraria (Girard, 1856) (Utah chub)
  • Gila bicolor (Girard, 1856) (Tui chub)
  • Gila bicolor bicolor (Girard, 1856) (Tui chub)
  • †Gila bicolor isolata C. L. Hubbs & R. R. Miller, 1972 (Independence Valley tui chub (extinct: c.1975))
  • Gila bicolor mohavensis (Snyder, 1918) (Mohave tui chub)
  • Gila bicolor obesa (Girard, 1856)
  • Gila bicolor pectinifer (Snyder, 1917)
  • Gila bicolor snyderi R. R. Miller, 1973 (Owens Tui Chub)
  • Gila bicolor vaccaceps F. T. Bills & C. E. Bond, 1980
  • Gila boraxobius J. E. Williams & C. E. Bond, 1980 (Borax Lake chub)
  • Gila brevicauda S. M. Norris, J. M. Fischer & W. L. Minckley, 2003 (Shorttail chub)
  • Gila coerulea (Girard, 1856) (Blue chub)
  • Gila conspersa Garman, 1881 (Nazas chub)
  • †Gila crassicauda (S. F. Baird & Girard, 1854) (Thicktail chub (extinct: late 1950s))
  • Gila cypha R. R. Miller, 1946 (Humpback chub)
  • Gila ditaenia R. R. Miller, 1945 (Sonora chub)
  • Gila elegans S. F. Baird & Girard, 1853 (Bonytail chub, Bonytail)
  • Gila eremica DeMarais, 1991 (Desert chub)
  • Gila intermedia (Girard, 1856) (Gila chub)
  • Gila minacae Meek, 1902 (Mexican roundtail chub)
  • Gila modesta (Garman, 1881) (Salinas chub)
  • Gila nigra Cope, 1875 (Headwater chub)
  • Gila nigrescens (Girard, 1856) (Chihuahua chub)
  • Gila orcuttii (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1890) (Arroyo chub)
  • Gila pandora (Cope, 1872) (Rio Grande chub)
  • Gila pulchra (Girard, 1856) (Conchos chub)
  • Gila purpurea (Girard, 1856) (Yaqui chub)
  • Gila robusta S. F. Baird & Girard, 1853 (Roundtail chub)
  • Gila robusta jordani V. M. Tanner, 1950 (Pahranagut roundtail chub)
  • Gila robusta robusta S. F. Baird & Girard, 1853 (Roundtail chub)
  • Gila seminuda Cope & Yarrow, 1875 (Virgin chub)

    • References

    Gila (genus) Wikipedia
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