Chihuahua chub
| Chihuahua chub | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Gila |
| Species: | G. nigrescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Gila nigrescens (Girard, 1856) | |
The Chihuahua chub, or charalito Chihuahua (Gila nigrescens) is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is found in Chihuahua, Mexico and in New Mexico, United States. The males can reach 24cm in length.
Sources
- NatureServe (2013). "Gila nigrescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Gila nigrescens" in FishBase. April 2012 version.
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