Biology:Mountain chub

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Mountain chub
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Clade: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Algansea
Species:
A. monticola
Binomial name
Algansea monticola
C. D. Barbour & Contreras-Balderas, 1968[2]
Subspecies
  • Algansea monticola archidion Barbour & Miller, 1994
  • Algansea monticola monticola Barbour & Contreras-Balderas, 1968[3]

The mountain chub (Algansea monticola) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Leuciscidae; the shiners, daces and minnows.[4] This species is endemic to the Huaynamota (part of the Grande de Santiago River basin), Juchipila (upper Lerma River basin) and Bolaños rivers (forming a link between Huaynamota and Juchipila) in west-central Mexico.[2][5]

References

  1. Domínguez, O.; Lyons, T.J. (2019). "Algansea monticola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T191252A1974371.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/191252/1974371. Retrieved 8 March 2025. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Algansea monticola" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
  3. "Mountain Chub Algansea monticola Barbour & Contreras-Balderas, 1968". Biolib.cz. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id146808/. 
  4. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Algansea". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Algansea. 
  5. Barbour, C.D.; R.R. Miller (1994). "Diversification in the Mexican Cyprinid Fish Algansea monticola (Pisces: Cyprinidae), with Description of a New Subspecies". Copeia 1994 (3): 662–676. doi:10.2307/1447182. 

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