Yuriria (fish)
Yuriria | |
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Chapala chub (Yuriria chapalae) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
Genus: | Yuriria D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 |
Type species | |
Hudsonius altus Jordan, 1880
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Synonyms | |
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Yuriria is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to the Lerma–Chapala–Grande de Santiago and Ameca basins in Mexico. There are three described species in this genus.
Species[]
- Yuriria alta (D. S. Jordan, 1880) (Jalisco chub)
- Yuriria amatlana , Pompa-Domínguez & , 2007
- Yuriria chapalae (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1899) (Chapala chub)
References[]
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Yuriria in FishBase. October 2011 version.
Categories:
- Cyprinid fish of North America
- Fish of Mexico
- Cyprinidae genera
- Yuriria
- Leuciscinae stubs