genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% ...
belonging to the family
Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest v ...
, native to the
Western United States
The Western United States (also called the American West, the Far West, and the West) is the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States. As American settlement in the U.S. expanded westward, the meaning of the term ''the Wes ...
. They were formerly placed in the genus '' Gila''.
Species
The species include:
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Siphateles alvordensis
The Alvord chub (''Siphateles alvordensis'') is a rare cyprinid fish endemic to the Alvord basin in southeastern Oregon and northwestern Nevada, U.S., known only from a few springs, streams and marshes in the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge, a ...
Siphateles bicolor
The tui chub (''Siphateles bicolor'') is a cyprinid fish native to western North America. Widespread in many areas, it is an important food source for other fish, including the cutthroat trout.
Range
The tui chub's range includes the Lahonta ...
Siphateles bicolor obesa
''Siphateles'' is a genus of fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, native to the Western United States. They were formerly placed in the genus '' Gila''.
Species
The species include:
*'' Siphateles alvordensis'' C. L. Hubbs & R. R. Miller, 1 ...
Siphateles bicolor pectinifer
''Siphateles'' is a genus of fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, native to the Western United States. They were formerly placed in the genus '' Gila''.
Species
The species include:
*'' Siphateles alvordensis'' C. L. Hubbs & R. R. Miller, 1 ...
Siphateles bicolor snyderi
The Owens tui chub (''Siphateles bicolor snyderi'') was described in 1973 as a subspecies of tui chub endemic to the Owens River Basin in Eastern California, United States. The Owens tui chub is distinguished from its closest relative, the Lahon ...
Siphateles bicolor vaccaceps
''Siphateles'' is a genus of fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, native to the Western United States. They were formerly placed in the genus '' Gila''.
Species
The species include:
*'' Siphateles alvordensis'' C. L. Hubbs & R. R. Miller, 1 ...
Siphateles boraxobius
The Borax Lake chub (''Siphateles boraxobius'') is a rare cyprinid fish found only in outflows and pools around Borax Lake, a small lake of the Alvord basin, Harney County, Oregon.
This species typically reaches only in length, although some ...