Independence Valley tui chub

Independence Valley tui chub
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Genus: Siphateles
Species:
S. bicolor
Subspecies:
S. b. isolata
Trinomial name
Siphateles bicolor isolata
Synonyms

Gila bicolor isolata

The Independence Valley tui chub (Siphateles isolata 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, it was considered extinct within less than a decade due to the introduction of sunfish, bass, and carp to the previously isolated watershed. However, it had been rediscovered by the year 2000, although it remains highly threatened.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Jelks, Howard L.; Walsh, Stephen J.; Burkhead, Noel M.; Contreras-Balderas, Salvador; Diaz-Pardo, Edmundo; Hendrickson, Dean A.; Lyons, John; Mandrak, Nicholas E.; McCormick, Frank; Nelson, Joseph S.; Platania, Steven P.; Porter, Brady A.; Renaud, Claude B.; Schmitter-Soto, Juan Jacobo; Taylor, Eric B.; Warren, Melvin L. (2008). "Conservation Status of Imperiled North American Freshwater and Diadromous Fishes". Fisheries. 33 (8): 372–407. Bibcode:2008Fish...33..372J. doi:10.1577/1548-8446-33.8.372.


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