Spottail chub

Spottail chub
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae
Subfamily:Leuciscinae
Genus:Algansea
Species: A. tincella
Binomial name
Algansea tincella
(Valenciennes, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Algansea affinis Regan, 1907
  • Algansea alvarezi Romero, 1967
  • Algansea dugesi Bean, 1892
  • Algansea paratincella Alvarez, 1963
  • Algansea rubescens Meek, 1902
  • Algansea stigmatura Regan, 1907
  • Leuciscus tincella Valenciennes, 1854
  • Zophendum australe Jordan, 1880[1]

The spottail chub (Algansea tincella) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae, endemic to the Lerma–Chapala basin and upper Santa Maria (Tampoán) system in west-central Mexico.[2][3][4] Populations of the Ameca River basin were formerly included in this species, but are now recognized as A. amecae.[3]

There are some minor local variations in the appearance of A. tincella, but they all have a dark spot at the base of the tail. The species generally is about 5–11.5 cm (2.0–4.5 in) in standard length.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Algansea tincella (Valenciennes, 1854)". Biolib.cz. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Algansea tincella" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
  3. 1 2 3 Pérez-Rodríguez, R.; G. Pérez-Ponce de León; O. Domínguez-Domínguez; I. Doadrio (2009). "A new species of Algansea (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae) from the Ameca River basin, in Central Mexico". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 80: 483–490.
  4. ↑ Pérez-Rodríguez, R.; O. Domínguez-Domínguez; G. Pérez-Ponce de León; I. Doadrio (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of the genus AlganseaGirard (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) of central Mexico inferred from molecular data". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 9: 223. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-9-223.


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