Yuriria (fish)

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Yuriria
Chapala chub (Yuriria chapalae)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Yuriria
D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896[1]
Type species
Hudsonius altus
D. S. Jordan, 1880[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Falcula D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1903
  • Falcularius D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1899

Yuriria is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.[1] The fish in this genus are endemic to the LermaChapalaGrande de Santiago and Ameca basins in Mexico.

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