Roundtail Chub
Gila robusta
Summary 7
The roundtail chub, Gila robusta, is a cyprinid fish in the Gila genus, of southwestern North America. It is native to the Colorado River drainage basin, including the Gila River and other tributaries, and in several other rivers. It is part of the “robusta complex”, which includes the Gila robusta robusta, G.r. grahami, and G.r. seminuda.
Type information 8
Syntype for Gila robusta
Catalog Number: USNM 245
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Preparation: Dry Osteological Specimen; Photograph
Collector(s): Sitgreaves
Locality: Zuni River, United States, North America
Sources and Credits
- (c) Marine discovery, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roundtail_chub.JPG
- (c) Raredon, Sandra J., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=fishes&irn=10317677
- (c) Raredon, Sandra J., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=fishes&irn=10317690
- (c) Raredon, Sandra J., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=fishes&irn=10317686
- (c) Raredon, Sandra J., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=fishes&irn=10055821
- (c) Raredon, Sandra J., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=fishes&irn=10055813
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gila_robusta
- (c) Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/19876431
