Gila is a genus of fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, native to the United States and Mexico. Species of Gila are collectively referred to as western chubs. The species in the genus Siphateles are close relatives. Several members of the genus are endangered or extinct due to loss of habitat caused by diversion or overuse of water resources, particularly in the western United States.
Species
Gila contains the following valid recent species:
- Gila alutacea <small>(Agassiz & Pickering, 1855)</small> (Chiselmouth)
- Gila atraria <small>(Girard, 1856)</small> (Utah chub)
- Gila brevicauda <small>S. M. Norris, J. M. Fischer & W. L. Minckley, 2003</small> (Shorttail chub)
- Gila coerulea <small>(Girard, 1856)</small> (Blue chub)
- Gila conspersa <small>Garman, 1881</small> (Nazas chub)
- Gila coriacea <small>(Hubbs & Miller, 1948)</small> (Moapa dace)
- Gila crassicauda <small>(S. F. Baird & Girard, 1854)</small> (Thicktail chub (extinct: late 1950s))
- Gila cypha <small>Miller, 1946</small> (Humpback chub)
- Gila ditaenia <small>Miller, 1945</small> (Sonora chub)
- Gila elegans <small>Baird & Girard, 1853</small> (Bonytail chub)
- Gila eremica <small>DeMarais, 1991</small> (Desert chub)
- Gila jordani <small>Tanner, 1950</small> (Pahranagat roundtail chub)
- Gila minacae <small>Meek, 1902</small> (Mexican roundtail chub)
- Gila modesta <small>(Garman, 1881)</small> (Salinas chub)
- Gila nigrescens <small>(Girard, 1856)</small> (Chihuahua chub)
- Gila orcuttii <small>(Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890)</small> (Arroyo chub)
- Gila pandora <small>(Cope, 1872)</small> (Rio Grande chub)
- Gila pulchra <small>(Girard, 1856)</small> (Conchos chub)
- Gila purpurea <small>(Girard, 1856)</small> (Yaqui chub)
- Gila robusta <small>Baird & Girard, 1853</small> (Roundtail chub)
- Gila seminuda <small>Cope & Yarrow, 1875</small> (Virgin chub)
The following fossil species are known:
References
- (1997): Phylogenetic Relationships of the Creek Chubs and the Spine-Fins: an Enigmatic Group of North American Cyprinid Fishes (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae). Cladistics 13(3): 187âÂÂ205. <small></small> (HTML abstract)