? Gila
Gila elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae Genus: Gila Baird and Girard, 1853
Species
(many, see text)

Gila is a genus of fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, native to North America and Central America. Species of this family are referred to as chubs. Several members of the family are endangered or extinct due to loss of habitat causing by diversion or overuse of water resources, particularly in the western United States. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (rhombozoans) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders See text The Actinopterygii are the ray-finned fish. ... Families Suborder Cobitoidea     Balitoridae (hillstream loaches)     Catostomidae (suckers)     Cobitidae (loaches)     Gyrinocheilidae (algae eaters) Suborder Cyprinoidea     Cyprinidae (carps and minnows) The Cypriniformes are an order of ray-finned fish, including the minnows and some related families. ... Genera (many, see text) The family Cyprinidae, named after the Greek word for goldfish, consists of the carps and minnows. ... Spencer Fullerton Baird Spencer Fullerton Baird (February 3, 1823 – August 19, 1887) was an American ornithologist and ichthyologist. ... Charles Frédéric Girard (March 8, 1822 - January 29, 1895) was a French biologist specializing on ichthyology and herpetology. ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic grouping. ... Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus: one of the most abundant species of fish in the world. ... Genera (many, see text) The family Cyprinidae, named after the Greek word for goldfish, consists of the carps and minnows. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... Map of Central America Central America is an area of the American continent in the Western Hemisphere. ...

Species

• Gila alvordensis, Alvord chub
• Gila atraria, Utah chub
• Gila bicolor, Tui chub
  • Gila bicolor isolata, Independence Valley tui chub (extinct)
  • Gila bicolor mohavensis, Mohave tui chub
• Gila boraxobius, Borax Lake chub
• Gila brevicauda, Shorttail chub
• Gila coerulea, Blue chub
• Gila conspersa, Nazas chub
• Gila crassicauda, Thicktail chub (extinct)
• Gila cypha, Humpback chub
• Gila ditaenia, Sonora chub
• Gila elegans, Bonytail chub or Bonytail
• Gila eremica, Desert chub
• Gila intermedia, Gila chub
• Gila minacae, Mexican roundtail chub
• Gila modesta, Salinas chub
• Gila nigra, Headwater chub
• Gila nigrescens, Chihuahua chub
• Gila orcuttii, Arroyo chub
• Gila pandora, Rio Grande chub
• Gila pulchra, Conchos chub
• Gila purpurea, Yaqui chub
• Gila robusta , Roundtail chub
• Gila seminuda, Virgin chub

References

• Gila (TSN 163541). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 11 March 2006.
• "Gila". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.