Biology:Aztec chub

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Short description: Species of fish

Aztec chub
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Clade: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Aztecula
D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1898
Species:
A. sallaei
Binomial name
Aztecula sallaei
(Günther, 1868)
Synonyms[2]
  • Notropis aztecus Ceratichthys sallaei
  • Günther, 1868 (Günther, 1868)
  • Woolman [A. J.] 1894 Notropis lermae
  • Codoma vittata Evermann & Goldsborough, 1902
  • Notropis sallaei Girard, 1856
  • Meek, 1902 Aztecula mexicana

The Aztec chub or Aztec shiner,[1] (Aztecula sallaei) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.[2] This species is endemic to Mexico.[3] It is the only species in the genus Aztecula.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2166227 entry