Chapala chub
Species of fish
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The Chapala chub (Yuriria chapalae) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.[2] This fish is endemic to the Lake Chapala and its effluent river, the Río Grande de Santiago, in the states of Jalisco and Michoacán[1] in Mexico.[3]
| Chapala chub | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pogonichthyinae |
| Genus: | Yuriria |
| Species: | Y. chapalae |
| Binomial name | |
| Yuriria chapalae | |
