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Gila
Bonytail chub, Gila elegans
Bonytail chub, Gila elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Gila
Baird and Girard, 1853
Species

Nearly 25, see text

Gila is a genus of fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, native to North America and Central America. The bonytail chub or bonytail, Gila elegans, is an endangered cyprinid freshwater fish native to parts of Arizona, California Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates The Actinopterygii (the plural form of Actinopterygius) comprise the class of the ray-finned fishes. The Cypriniformes are an order of ray-finned fish, including the Carps Minnows Loaches and relatives The family Cyprinidae, from the Ancient Greek κυπρῖνος ( kuprīnos "carp" consists of the Carps Spencer Fullerton Baird ( February 3, 1823 &ndash August 19, 1887) was an American ornithologist and Ichthyologist Charles Frédéric Girard ( March 8, 1822 - January 29, 1895) was a French Biologist specializing on Ichthyology Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic Fish are aquatic Vertebrate animals that are typically ectothermic (previously Cold-blooded) covered with scales, and equipped with two The family Cyprinidae, from the Ancient Greek κυπρῖνος ( kuprīnos "carp" consists of the Carps Species of Gila are collectively referred to as western chubs. The chiselmouth is a close relative (Simons & Mayden 1997). The chiselmouth is an unusual Cyprinid Fish of western North America. 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. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

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