Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal soft rays: 8. Lateral line with 51-83 scales, usually fewer than 70. Dorsal and anal fin usually with 8 rays. First gill arch with 9 or fewer rakers. Scales often darkly outlined (Ref. 86798).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Leuciscidae

Genus: Gila

Species: Gila intermedia (Girard, 1856)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Occurs in pools and undercut banks of creeks and small rivers, usually near woody debris. Also found in marshes. Maximum length is presumably about 38 cm TL (Ref. 86798).

Habitat

benthopelagic