Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9; Anal soft rays: 7 - 9. Darkly pigmented (mottled flanks) than congeners in the adjacent basins. Caudal fin abbreviate, nearly always shorter than the caudal peduncle (Ref. 49525).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Leuciscidae

Genus: Gila

Species: Gila brevicauda Norris, Fischer & Minckley, 2003

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

pelagic