Remote chub
| Remote chub | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Algansea |
| Species: | A. avia
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| Binomial name | |
| Algansea avia C. D. Barbour & R. R. Miller, 1978[2]
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The remote chub (Algansea avia) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.[3] This fish is endemic to the Grande de Santiago River basin at an altitude of 760–975 m (2,490–3,200 ft) in west-central Mexico.[2][4] This threatened species is up to 9.5 cm (3.7 in) long.[4]
References
- ^ Domínguez, O. (2019). "Algansea avia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T191249A1974350. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T191249A1974350.en. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Algansea avia". FishBase. October 2015 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Algansea". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ^ a b Ceballos, G.; E.D. Pardo; L.M Estévez; H.E. Pérez, eds. (2016). Los peces dulceacuícolas de México en peligro de extinción. pp. 106–108, 429. ISBN 978-607-16-4087-1.