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Cyprinidae
Blue chub
Gila coerulea
Forty One Centimeters Carp of North American Waters
- Blue
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Temperate fish
Blue
Temperate
Regional distribution
Fusiform
MediumThe blue chub (Gila coerulea) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs, Eurasian minnows and related species. This fish is found in the western United States.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Gila
- Maximum length
- 41 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- North America: Klamath and Lost River systems in Oregon and California, USA.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Family
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