Siphateles
Genus of fishes
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Siphateles is a genus of fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, native to the Western United States.[1][2][3] They were formerly placed in the genus Gila.[1][3]
| Siphateles Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
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| Tui chub (Siphateles bicolor) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Laviniinae |
| Genus: | Siphateles Cope, 1883 |
| Type species | |
| Siphateles vittatus Cope, 1883 | |
| Species | |
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3, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Leucidius Snyder, 1917 | |
Species
The species include:[2]
- Siphateles alvordensis C. L. Hubbs & R. R. Miller, 1972 (Alvord chub)
- Siphateles bicolor (Girard, 1856) (Tui chub)
- Siphateles bicolor bicolor (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)
A single fossil species, †Siphateles traini (Lugaski, 1979) has been described from complete specimens recovered from the middle Pliocene-aged Jersey Valley of Nevada.[4][5]
