Independence Valley tui chub

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Independence Valley tui chub
Conservation status
Extinct
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae Genus: Gila Species: Gila bicolor Subspecies: G. b. isolata
Trinomial name
Gila bicolor isolata Hubbs & Miller, 1972
Synonyms
Siphateles bicolor isolata

The Independence Valley tui chub, Gila bicolor isolata, was a subspecies of tui chub endemic to the drainage of the Independence Valley in northern Nevada. Described as "abundant" when first collected and identified in 1965, it was extinct within less than a decade due to the introduction of sunfish, bass, and carp to the previously isolated watershed.