Biology:Lerma chub

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Lerma chub
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Clade: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Algansea
Species:
A. barbata
Binomial name
Algansea barbata
Álvarez & Cortés, 1964[1]

The Lerma chub (Algansea barbata) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to the uppermost Lerma River basin in the State of Mexico and Toluca Valley of central Mexico.[1][2][3] This threatened species is up to about 13 cm (5.1 in) long.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Algansea barbata" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Los peces dulceacuícolas de México en peligro de extinción. Fondo de Cultura Económic. 2016. pp. 110–111, 429. ISBN 978-607-16-4087-1. 
  3. 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. PMID 19735558. 

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