Cyprinidae

Ameca chub

Algansea amecae

Confined to eastern Ameca headwaters

• Tropical
• Upper river
• Northern Hemisphere
• Local endemic species
• Single river-basin endemic
• Freshwater fish
• North America
• Small
• Tropical fish

Algansea amecae, the Ameca chub, is a species of freshwater fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is endemic to the upper Ameca River basin in Jalisco, western Mexico. It grows to about 10 cm (4 in) in standard length.