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''Siphateles'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
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 ...
belonging to the family Cyprinidae, 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 We ...
. They were formerly placed in the genus '' Gila''.


Species

The species include: *'' Siphateles alvordensis'' C. L. Hubbs & R. R. Miller, 1972 (Alvord chub) * '' Siphateles bicolor'' ( Girard, 1856) (Tui chub) ** ''
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, ...
'' ( Girard, 1856) (Tui chub) ** '' Siphateles bicolor isolata'' C. L. Hubbs & R. R. Miller, 1972 (Independence Valley tui chub) ** '' Siphateles bicolor mohavensis'' ( Snyder, 1918) (Mohave tui chub) ** '' Siphateles bicolor obesa'' ( Girard, 1856) ** '' Siphateles bicolor pectinifer'' ( Snyder, 1917) ** '' Siphateles bicolor snyderi'' R. R. Miller, 1973 (Owens tui chub) ** '' Siphateles bicolor vaccaceps'' F. T. Bills & C. E. Bond, 1980 * '' Siphateles boraxobius'' J. E. Williams & C. E. Bond, 1980 (Borax Lake chub)


References

Chubs (fish) Ray-finned fish genera Endemic fauna of the United States Freshwater fish of the United States Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope {{Leuciscinae-stub