Gila (fish)

Gila
Bonytail chub, Gila elegans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Leuciscidae
Clade:	Laviniinae
Genus:	Gila S. F. Baird & Girard, 1853
Species
About 20, see text
Synonyms [1]
CheondaGirard, 1856 MyloleucusCope, 1872 ProtoporusCope, 1872 SibomaGirard, 1856 TigomaGirard, 1856

Gila is a genus of fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, native to the United States and Mexico. Species of Gila are collectively referred to as western chubs. The chiselmouth is a close relative (Simons & Mayden 1997), as are members of the genus Siphateles . 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 atraria (Girard, 1856) (Utah chub)
• Gila brevicauda S. M. Norris, J. M. Fischer & W. L. Minckley, 2003 (Shorttail chub)
• Gila coerulea (Girard, 1856) (Blue chub)
• Gila conspersa Garman, 1881 (Nazas chub)
• † Gila crassicauda (S. F. Baird & Girard, 1854) (Thicktail chub (extinct: late 1950s))
• Gila cypha R. R. Miller, 1946 (Humpback chub)
• Gila ditaenia R. R. Miller, 1945 (Sonora chub)
• Gila elegans S. F. Baird & Girard, 1853 (Bonytail chub, Bonytail)
• Gila eremica DeMarais, 1991 (Desert chub)
• Gila intermedia (Girard, 1856) (Gila chub)
• Gila minacae Meek, 1902 (Mexican roundtail chub)
• Gila modesta (Garman, 1881) (Salinas chub)
• Gila nigra Cope, 1875 (Headwater chub)
• Gila nigrescens (Girard, 1856) (Chihuahua chub)
• Gila orcuttii (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1890) (Arroyo chub)
• Gila pandora (Cope, 1872) (Rio Grande chub)
• Gila pulchra (Girard, 1856) (Conchos chub)
• Gila purpurea (Girard, 1856) (Yaqui chub)
• Gila robusta S. F. Baird & Girard, 1853 (Roundtail chub)
  • Gila robusta jordani V. M. Tanner, 1950 (Pahranagut roundtail chub)
  • Gila robusta robusta S. F. Baird & Girard, 1853 (Roundtail chub)
• Gila seminuda Cope & Yarrow, 1875 (Virgin chub)

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Gila". FishBase . August 2011 version.
• Simons, Andrew M. & Mayden, Richard L. (1997): Phylogenetic Relationships of the Creek Chubs and the Spine-Fins: an Enigmatic Group of North American Cyprinid Fishes (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae). Cladistics13(3): 187–205. doi : 10.1111/j.1096-0031.1997.tb00315.x (HTML abstract)

1. Bailly, Nicolas (2014). "Gila Baird & Girard, 1853". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.