genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...
belonging to the family
Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest verte ...
, native to the
Western United States
The Western United States (also called the American West, the Far West, and the West) is the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States. As American settlement in the U.S. expanded westward, the meaning of the term ''the Wes ...
. They were formerly placed in the genus '' Gila''.
R. R. Miller
Robert Rush Miller (April 23, 1916 – February 10, 2003) "was an important figure in American ichthyology and conservation from 1940 to the 1990s."
He was born in Colorado Springs, earned his bachelor's degree at University of California, Berke ...
Siphateles bicolor bicolor
''Siphateles'' is a genus of fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, native to the Western United States. They were formerly placed in the genus ''Gila (fish), Gila''.
Species
The species include:
*''Siphateles alvordensis'' Carl Leavitt Hubbs, ...
Siphateles bicolor isolata
The Independence Valley tui chub (''Siphateles bicolor isolata'') is a subspecies of tui chub endemic to the drainage of the Independence Valley in Elko County, northern Nevada.
Described as "abundant" when first collected and identified in 1965 ...
R. R. Miller
Robert Rush Miller (April 23, 1916 – February 10, 2003) "was an important figure in American ichthyology and conservation from 1940 to the 1990s."
He was born in Colorado Springs, earned his bachelor's degree at University of California, Berke ...
, 1972 (Independence Valley tui chub)
** ''
Siphateles bicolor mohavensis
The Mohave tui chub (''Siphateles bicolor mohavensis'') is a species of fish. It is an endangered chub originally found only in the Mojave River. Even though named after the Mojave River, the fish's name is normally spelled "Mohave". It was n ...
R. R. Miller
Robert Rush Miller (April 23, 1916 – February 10, 2003) "was an important figure in American ichthyology and conservation from 1940 to the 1990s."
He was born in Colorado Springs, earned his bachelor's degree at University of California, Berke ...