Mountain chub
Mountain chub | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Leuciscidae |
Subfamily: | Pogonichthyinae |
Genus: | Algansea |
Species: | A. monticola
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Binomial name | |
Algansea monticola & , 1968[1]
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Subspecies | |
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The mountain chub (Algansea monticola) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae, endemic to the Huaynamota (part of the Grande de Santiago River basin), Juchipila (upper Lerma River basin) and Bolaños rivers (forming a link between Huaynamota and Juchipila) in west-central Mexico.[1][3]
References[]
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Algansea monticola" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
- ^ "Mountain Chub Algansea monticola Barbour & Contreras-Balderas, 1968". Biolib.cz. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
- ^ Barbour, C.D.; R.R. Miller (1994). "Diversification in the Mexican Cyprinid Fish Algansea monticola (Pisces: Cyprinidae), with Description of a New Subspecies". Copeia. 1994 (3): 662–676. doi:10.2307/1447182.
Categories:
- Algansea
- Fish described in 1968
- Freshwater fish of Mexico
- Endemic fish of Mexico
- Río Grande de Santiago
- Leuciscinae stubs