Evarra
{{Short description|Extinct genus of fishes}}
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| image = FMIB 34174 Evarra eigenmanni, genet sp nov.jpeg
| image_caption = Plateau chub, (Evarra eigenmanni)
| taxon = Evarra
| authority = Woolman, 1894
| type_species = †Evarra eigenmanni
| type_species_authority = Woolman, 1895
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
Evarra was a genus of small ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. All species in the genus were restricted to waters in the Valley of Mexico and are now extinct due to habitat loss (their habitat dried out with remaining waters in the region highly polluted).Bruton, Michael N. "Have fishes had their chips? The dilemma of threatened fishes". Environmental Biology of Fishes 43: l-27, 1995.{{cite book | editor1=Ceballos, G. | editor2=E.D. Pardo | editor3=L.M. Estévez | editor4=H.E. Pérez | year=2016 | title=Los peces dulceacuícolas de México en peligro de extinción | isbn=978-607-16-4087-1 }}
Species
- †Evarra bustamantei Navarro, 1955 (Mexican dace)
- †Evarra eigenmanni Woolman, 1894 (plateau chub)
- †Evarra tlahuacensis Meek, 1902 (endorheic chub)
References
- {{FishBase genus | genus = Evarra| month = August | year = 2011}}
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Category:Fish of North America becoming extinct since 1500
Category:Freshwater fish of Mexico
Category:Ray-finned fish genera
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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