Gila (genus)
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| Gila | |
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| Bonytail chub, Gila elegans | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Gila Baird & Girard, 1853 |
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Gila is a genus of fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, native to North America and Central America. 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.
[edit] Species
- Gila alvordensis Carl 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 Carl 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 & Minckley, 2003 (Shorttail chub)
- Gila coerulea (Girard, 1856) (Blue chub)
- Gila conspersa Garman, 1881 (Nazas chub)
- †Gila crassicauda (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 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 Baird & Girard, 1853 (Roundtail chub)
- Gila robusta jordani V. M. Tanner, 1950 (Pahranagut roundtail chub)
- Gila robusta robusta Baird & Girard, 1853 (Roundtail chub)
- Gila seminuda Cope & Yarrow, 1875 (Virgin chub)
[edit] References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Gila in FishBase. August 2011 version.
- "Gila". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=163541. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- Simons, Andrew M. & Mayden, Richard L. (1997): Phylogenetic Relationships of the Creek Chubs and the Spine-Fins: an Enigmatic Group of North American Cyprinid Fishes (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae). Cladistics 13(3): 187-205. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.1997.tb00315.x (HTML abstract)
