Evarra

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Evarra
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Plateau chub, (Evarra eigenmanni)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Laviniinae
Genus: Evarra
, 1894
Type species
Evarra eigenmanni
Woolman, 1895
Species

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Evarra is a genus of small ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. All species in the genus were restricted to waters in the Valley of Mexico and are now extinct due to habitat loss (their habitat dried out with remaining waters in the region highly polluted).[1][2]

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References[]

  1. ^ Bruton, Michael N. "Have fishes had their chips? The dilemma of threatened fishes". Environmental Biology of Fishes 43: l-27, 1995.
  2. ^ Ceballos, G.; E.D. Pardo; L.M. Estévez; H.E. Pérez, eds. (2016). Los peces dulceacuícolas de México en peligro de extinción. ISBN 978-607-16-4087-1.


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