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
Species
- Gila alvordensis, Alvord chub
- Gila atraria, Utah chub
- Gila bicolor, Tui chub
- Gila bicolor isolata, Independence Valley tui chub (extinct: c. The Alvord chub Gila alvordensis is a rare Cyprinid Fish endemic to the Alvord basin in southeastern Oregon and northwestern The Utah chub ( Gila atraria) is a Cyprinid Fish native to western North America, where it is abundant in the upper Snake River The tui chub Gila bicolor is a Cyprinid Fish native to western North America. The Independence Valley tui chub, Gila bicolor isolata, was a subspecies of Tui chub endemic to the drainage of the Independence Valley in northern In Biology and Ecology, extinction is the cessation of existence of a Species or group of taxa. 1975)
- Gila bicolor mohavensis, Mohave tui chub
- Gila boraxobius, Borax Lake chub
- Gila brevicauda, Shorttail chub
- Gila coerulea, Blue chub
- Gila conspersa, Nazas chub
- Gila crassicauda, Thicktail chub (extinct: late 1950s)
- Gila cypha, Humpback chub
- Gila ditaenia, Sonora chub
- Gila elegans, Bonytail chub or Bonytail
- Gila eremica, Desert chub
- Gila intermedia, Gila chub
- Gila minacae, Mexican roundtail chub
- Gila modesta, Salinas chub
- Gila nigra, Headwater chub
- Gila nigrescens, Chihuahua chub
- Gila orcuttii, Arroyo chub
- Gila pandora, Rio Grande chub
- Gila pulchra, Conchos chub
- Gila purpurea, Yaqui chub
- Gila robusta , Roundtail chub
- Gila seminuda, Virgin chub
References
- "Gila". The Mohave tui chub ( Gila bicolor mohavensis) is an Endangered chub originally found only in the Mojave River. The Borax Lake chub Gila boraxobius is a rare Cyprinid Fish found only in outflows and pools around Borax Lake, a small lake of the Alvord The blue chub Gila coerulea is a Cyprinid Fish found in the Klamath River and Lost River drainages of far northern California The Thicktail chub ( Gila crassicauda) was a type of Minnow that inhabited the lowlands and weedy backwaters of the Sacramento and San Joaquin In Biology and Ecology, extinction is the cessation of existence of a Species or group of taxa. The humpback chub Gila cypha, is a rare fish found only in fast waters of the Colorado River system in the United States. UserPolbot. -->The Charalito Sonorense ( Gila ditaenia) is a species of Ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae The bonytail chub or bonytail, Gila elegans, is an endangered cyprinid freshwater fish native to parts of Arizona, California UserPolbot. -->The Gila Chub ( Gila intermedia) is a species of Ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae UserPolbot. -->The Charalito Saltillo ( Gila modesta) is a species of Ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae UserPolbot. -->The Charalito Chihuahua ( Gila nigrescens) is a species of Ray-finned fish in the The arroyo chub Gila orcuttii is a Cyprinid Fish found only in the coastal streams of southern California, United States. UserPolbot. -->The Yaqui Chub ( Gila purpurea) is a species of Ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae The roundtail chub Gila robusta is a Cyprinid Fish of the Colorado River and Rio Yaqui in western North America. FishBase. FishBase is a comprehensive Database of information about Fish. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N. p. : FishBase, 2006.
- Gila (TSN 163541). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Integrated Taxonomic Information System ( ITIS) is a partnership designed to provide consistent and reliable information on the Taxonomy of biological Species Retrieved on 11 March 2006. Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
- 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)
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