Bonytail

The bonytail chub or bonytail (Gila elegans) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs, Eurasian minnows, and related species. This fish is native to the Colorado River Basin of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming in the Southwestern United States; it has been extirpated from the part of the basin in Mexico. It was once abundant and widespread in the basin, its numbers and range have declined to where it has been listed as endangered since 1980 (Endangered Species Act of 1973) and 1986…

Le genre Gila regroupe plusieurs poissons de la famille des Cyprinidae.

Gila elegans es una especie de peces de la familia de los Cyprinidae en el orden de los Cypriniformes. Morfología Los machos pueden llegar alcanzar los 62 cm de longitud total. ​​ Hábitat Es un pez de agua dulce.