Chihuahua chub
| Chihuahua chub | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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 (9.5 in) in length.
References
[edit]- ^ NatureServe (2019). "Gila nigrescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T9189A129986215. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T9189A129986215.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Gila nigrescens". FishBase.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Chubs (fish)
- Gila (fish)
- 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)
- Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard
- Fish described in 1856
- ESA threatened species
- Leuciscinae stubs