Gila chub | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Genus: | Gila |
Species: | G. intermedia
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Binomial name | |
Gila intermedia (Girard, 1856)
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The Gila chub (Gila intermedia) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Mexico and the United States. The Gila chub is closely related to the roundtail chub.[2] This species is commonly found in association with the Gila topminnow, the desert and Sonora sucker, and the longfin and speckled dace.