Biology:Yuriria (fish)

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Yuriria
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Chapala chub (Yuriria chapalae)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Yuriria
D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Type species
Hudsonius altus
Jordan, 1880
Synonyms
  • Falcula Jordan & Snyder, 1903
  • Falcularius Jordan & Snyder, 1899

Yuriria is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to the Lerma–Chapala–Grande de Santiago and Ameca basins in Mexico. There are three described species in this genus.

Species

  • Yuriria alta (D. S. Jordan, 1880) (Jalisco chub)
  • Yuriria amatlana Domínguez-Domínguez, Pompa-Domínguez & Doadrio, 2007
  • Yuriria chapalae (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1899) (Chapala chub)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q8061685 entry