Cyprinidae

Rio Grande chub

Gila pandora

Fish Reaching Eighteen Centimeters in North American Waters

• Temperate
• Upper river
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• North America
• Fusiform
• Medium
• Temperate fish

The Rio Grande chub (Gila pandora) 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 endemic to the United States. It inhabits the upper Rio Grande and Pecos River systems in Colorado, New Mexico and Texas.