Bonytail chub

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Bonytail chub
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Gila
Species: G. elegans
Binomial name
Gila elegans

Gila elegans (also known as bonytail chub or Bonytail) is an endangered species of freshwater fish of the gila genus. It is known to exist in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada and Utah in the United States.

The Gila elegans was added to the endangered species list on April 23, 1980.

[edit] References

Gila elegans Species Profile, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (Accessed 2007 Mar 04)