Description

Lateral line usually with more than 88 scales; and scales deeply embedded or absent on back, breast and belly (Ref. 86798).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Leuciscidae

Genus: Gila

Species: Gila seminuda Cope & Yarrow, 1875

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Inhabits pools and undercut banks of headwaters, creeks and small rivers. Presumed maximum length is about 38 cm TL (Ref. 86798).

Habitat

benthopelagic