Chihuahua chub
Appearance
Chihuahua chub | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Genus: | Gila |
Species: | G. nigrescens
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Binomial name | |
Gila nigrescens (Girard, 1856)
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The Chihuahua chub (Gila nigrescens) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Chihuahua, Mexico and in New Mexico, United States. The males can reach 24 cm in length.
References
- NatureServe (2013). "Gila nigrescens". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. IUCN: e.T9189A19033675. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T9189A19033675.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Gila nigrescens". FishBase.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Chubs (fish)
- Gila
- Freshwater fish of Mexico
- Freshwater fish of the United States
- Fish of the Western United States
- Fauna of the Chihuahuan Desert
- Natural history of Chihuahua (state)
- Critically endangered fauna of the United States
- Fish described in 1856
- ESA threatened species
- Leuciscinae stubs