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Mountain chub

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Mountain chub
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Algansea
Species:
A. monticola
Binomial name
Algansea monticola
Subspecies
  • Algansea monticola archidion Barbour & Miller, 1994
  • Algansea monticola monticola Barbour & Contreras-Balderas, 1968[3]

The mountain chub (Algansea monticola) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Leuciscidae, , the shiners, daces and minnows.[4] This species is endemic to the Huaynamota (part of the Grande de Santiago River basin), Juchipila (upper Lerma River basin) and Bolaños rivers (forming a link between Huaynamota and Juchipila) in west-central Mexico.[2][5]

References

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  1. ^ Domínguez, O. & Lyons, T.J. (2019). "Algansea monticola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T191252A1974371. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T191252A1974371.en. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Algansea monticola". FishBase. October 2015 version.
  3. ^ "Mountain Chub Algansea monticola Barbour & Contreras-Balderas, 1968". Biolib.cz. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Barbour, C.D.; R.R. Miller (1994). "Diversification in the Mexican Cyprinid Fish Algansea monticola (Pisces: Cyprinidae), with Description of a New Subspecies". Copeia. 1994 (3): 662–676. doi:10.2307/1447182. JSTOR 1447182.