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Gila elegans Baird & Girard, 1853

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Baird, W. (1853). Catalogue of the species of Entozoa, or intestinal worms, contained in the collection of the British Museum [by William Baird]. <em>London.</em> 132 pp.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Cypriniformes
family
Cyprinidae
genus
Gila
species
Gila elegans

Name

Synonyms
Gila emoryi Baird & Girard, 1853
Homonyms
Gila elegans Baird & Girard, 1853
Common names
Bonytail in English
Bonytail in English
Bonytail in English
Gila zdobena in Czech
bonytail chub in English
bonytail chub in English
carpa elegante in Spanish
carpa elegante in Spanish
carpa elegante in Spanish
gila zdobená in Czech
美丽骨尾鱼 in Chinese
Bonytail in English
Bonytail in English
Bonytail Chub in English
carpa elegante in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Baird, [W.]. (1853). Catalogue of the Species of Entozoa, or Intestinal worms, Contained in the Collection of the British Museum. <em>London: British Museum.</em> 1-132, pls. 1, 2. 10.5962/bhl.title.21590
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  4. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  5. Page, L. M., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, et al., eds, 2013: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Seventh Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 34. ix + 384.
  6. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
  7. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
  8. Schönhuth, S., A. Perdices, L. Lozano-Vilano, F. J. García-de-León, H. Espinosa, and R. L. Mayden, 2014: Phylogenetic relationships of North American western chubs of the genus Gila (Cyprinidae, Teleostei), with emphasis on southern species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 70. 210-230.
  9. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1980: Determination That the Bonytail Chub (Gila elegans) is an Endangered Species. Federal Register, vol. 45, no. 80. 27710-27713.
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