Mexican dace

Evarra bustamantei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae
Genus:†Evarra
Species: †E. bustamantei
Binomial name
Evarra bustamantei
Navarro, 1955

The Mexican dace (Evarra bustamantei), or Mexican chub, is an extinct species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It was found only in Mexico, in the canals and streams of the Valley of Mexico.[2] It is estimated to have become extinct circa 1983.[3] The extinction of this species coincided with the drying of water bodies in the valley. This drying was a result of the increasing demands placed on the water resources of the valley by agriculture, as well as by the growth of Mexico City and its suburbs.[2]

Sources

  1. ↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1996. Evarra bustamantei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T8431A12911661. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T8431A12911661.en. Downloaded on 15 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 Miller, Robert R; Williams, James D; Williams, Jack E (December 1989). "Extinctions of North American Fishes During the Past Century" (PDF). Fisheries. 14 (6): 22–38. doi:10.1577/1548-8446(1989)014<0022:eonafd>2.0.co;2. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Burkhead, Noel M (September 2012). "Extinction Rates in North American Freshwater Fishes, 1900–2010" (PDF). BioScience. 62 (9): 798–808. doi:10.1525/bio.2012.62.9.5. Retrieved 15 December 2016.


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