Mohave tui chub

The Mohave tui chub (Siphateles bicolor mohavensis) is an endangered chub originally found only in the Mojave River. Even though named after the Mojave River, the fish's name is normally spelled "Mohave". It was named by ichthyologist Robert Rush Miller.

Mohave tui chub

Endangered (ESA)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Siphateles
Species:
S. bicolor
Subspecies:
S. b. mohavensis
Trinomial name
Siphateles bicolor mohavensis
(Snyder, 1918)
Synonyms

Gila bicolor mohavensis

The fish managed to end up in Mojave Chub Spring, possibly from flooding from the Mojave River.

In their original Mojave River habitat, the Mohave chub have hybridized with the coastal chub (Gila orcutti); because of this, the Mojave Chub Spring is now the main source for all genetically "pure" Mohave chubs. Other locations in California have been used as refuges for this pure variety by intentionally introducing the fish into the location.

See also

References

    • "Siphateles bicolor mohavensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 March 2006.


    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.