''Gila'' is a
genus
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of
fish
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belonging to the family
Leuciscidae
Leuciscidae is a family of freshwater ray-finned fishes, formerly classified as a subfamily of the Cyprinidae, which contains the true minnows.
Members of the Old World (OW) clade of minnows within this subfamily are known as European minnow ...
, native to the United States and Mexico. Species of ''Gila'' are collectively referred to as western chubs. The species in the genus ''
Siphateles
''Siphateles'' is a genus of fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, native to the Western United States. They were formerly placed in the genus ''Gila (fish), Gila''.
Species
The species include:
*''Siphateles alvordensis'' Carl Leavitt Hubbs ...
'' are close relatives. Several members of the genus are endangered or extinct due to loss of habitat caused by diversion or overuse of water resources, particularly in the western United States.
Species
''Gila'' contains the following valid
recent
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species:
* ''
Gila alutacea''
(Agassiz
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& Pickering, 1855) (Chiselmouth)
* ''
Gila atraria''
( Girard, 1856) (Utah chub)
* ''
Gila brevicauda
The Shorttail chub (''Gila brevicauda'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the daces, chubs, Eurasian minnows and related species. This fish is endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being f ...
''
S. M. Norris, J. M. Fischer & W. L. Minckley, 2003 (Shorttail chub)
* ''
Gila coerulea
The blue chub (''Gila coerulea'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs, Eurasian minnows and related species. This fish is found in the western United States.
Taxonomy
Th ...
''
(Girard, 1856) (Blue chub)
* ''
Gila conspersa
The Nazas chub (''Gila conspersa'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs, Eurasian minnows and related species. This fish is endemic to Mexico where it is found in the en ...
''
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Sports
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, 1881 (Nazas chub)
* ''
Gila coriacea
The moapa dace (''Gila coriacea'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs, Eurasian minnows and related species. This is a rare fish found in southern Nevada, United Stat ...
''
( Hubbs & Miller
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, 1948) (Moapa dace)
* ''
Gila crassicauda
The thicktail chub (''Gila crassicauda'') was a type of minnow that inhabited the lowlands and weedy backwaters of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers in the Central Valley of California. It was once abundant in lowland lakes, marshes, ponds, s ...
''
( S. F. Baird & Girard, 1854) (Thicktail chub (
extinct
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: late 1950s))
* ''
Gila cypha
The humpback chub (''Gila cypha'') is a federally protected fish that lived originally in fast waters of the Colorado River system in the United States. This species takes its name from the prominent hump between the head and dorsal fin, which i ...
''
Miller, 1946 (Humpback chub)
* ''
Gila ditaenia
The Sonora chub (''Gila ditaenia'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs, Eurasian minnows and related species. It is found in Mexico and the United States.Bell, G. 1984. ...
''
Miller, 1945 (Sonora chub)
* ''
Gila elegans
The bonytail chub or bonytail (''Gila elegans'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs, Eurasian minnows and related species. This fish is native to the Colorado River bas ...
''
Baird & Girard, 1853 (Bonytail chub)
* ''
Gila eremica
The desert chub (''Gila eremica'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs, Eurasian minnows and related species. This species is endemic to Mexico. It inhabits the headwate ...
''
DeMarais, 1991 (Desert chub)
* ''
Gila jordani''
Tanner, 1950 (Pahranagat roundtail chub)
* ''
Gila minacae''
Meek
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, 1902 (Mexican roundtail chub)
* ''
Gila modesta
Salinas chub (''Gila modesta'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs, Eurasian minnows and related species. This species is endemic to northeastetern Mexico in the Chor ...
''
(Garman, 1881) (Salinas chub)
* ''
Gila nigrescens
The Chihuahua chub (''Gila nigrescens'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs, Eurasian minnows and related species. It is found in Chihuahua, Mexico and in New Mexico ...
''
(Girard, 1856) (Chihuahua chub)
* ''
Gila orcuttii''
(Eigenmann
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& Eigenmann
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* Andi Eigenmann (born 1990), Filipino actress
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, 1890) (Arroyo chub)
* ''
Gila pandora''
(Cope
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, 1872) (Rio Grande chub)
* ''
Gila pulchra
Gila may refer to:
Animals
* ''Gila'' (fish), a genus of cyprinid fish known as western chubs
* Gila monster, a venomous lizard
* Gila trout, a trout native to the Southwestern United States
* Gila woodpecker, a species of woodpecker found i ...
''
(Girard, 1856) (Conchos chub)
* ''
Gila purpurea''
(Girard, 1856) (Yaqui chub)
* ''
Gila robusta
Gila may refer to:
Animals
* Gila (fish), ''Gila'' (fish), a genus of cyprinid fish known as western chubs
* Gila monster, a venomous lizard
* Gila trout, a trout native to the Southwestern United States
* Gila woodpecker, a species of woodpeck ...
''
Baird & Girard, 1853 (Roundtail chub)
* ''
Gila seminuda
The Virgin chub or the Virgin River chub (''Gila seminuda'') is a species of freshwater Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish belonging to the Family (biology), family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs, Phoxinus, Eurasian minnows and related ...
''
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, 1875 (Virgin chub)
The following
fossil
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species are known:
* ?†''
Gila cristifera''
Uyeno & Miller, 1965 - middle
Pliocene
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The Pliocene to Late Neogene Bidahochi Formation lies at an elevation of about to at the southeast of the Colorado Plateau; the deposits are from Hopi Lake (also called Bidahochi Lake), and the deposits extend southwards to the region at the ...](_blank)
of Arizona
* ?†
''Gila'' ''esmeralda'' (La Rivers, 1966) - middle/late
Miocene
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-aged
Esmeralda Formation
The Esmeralda Formation is a geologic formation in Nevada. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.
See also
* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nevada
* Paleontology in Nevada
Paleontology in Nevada refers to paleon ...
of Nevada
* †''
Gila milleri''
Smith, 1975 -
Pliocene
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The Glenns Ferry Formation is a Pliocene stratigraphic unit in the western United States. Outcrops of the formation in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument preserve the remains of seven fish species, five of which are extinct. These include the t ...](_blank)
of Idaho
* †''
Gila turneri''
(Lucas, 1900) - middle/late
Miocene
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-aged Esmeralda Formation of Nevada
References
*
* (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.
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Laviniinae
Chubs (fish)
Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird
Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard
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