Evarra
Evarra | |
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Plateau chub, (Evarra eigenmanni) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Leuciscidae |
Subfamily: | Laviniinae |
Genus: | †Evarra , 1894 |
Type species | |
†Evarra eigenmanni Woolman, 1895
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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]
Species[]
- †Evarra bustamantei Navarro, 1955 (Mexican dace)
- †Evarra eigenmanni , 1894 (plateau chub)
- †Evarra tlahuacensis Meek, 1902 (endorheic chub)
References[]
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Evarra in FishBase. August 2011 version.
Categories:
- Evarra
- Fish of North America becoming extinct since 1500
- Freshwater fish of Mexico
- Ray-finned fish genera
- Leuciscinae stubs