Siphateles

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| fossil_range = {{fossil range|4|0|Middle Pliocene to present}}

| image = Gila bicolor.jpg

| image_caption = Tui chub (Siphateles bicolor)

| taxon = Siphateles

| authority = Cope, 1883

| type_species = Siphateles vittatus

| type_species_authority = Cope, 1883

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 3, see text

| synonyms = Leucidius Snyder, 1917

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Siphateles is a genus of fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, native to the Western United States. They were formerly placed in the genus Gila.

Species

The species include:

Siphateles alvordensis C. L. Hubbs & R. R. Miller, 1972 (Alvord chub)
Siphateles bicolor (Girard, 1856) (Tui chub)
Siphateles bicolor bicolor (Girard, 1856) (Tui chub)
Siphateles bicolor isolata C. L. Hubbs & R. R. Miller, 1972 (Independence Valley tui chub)
Siphateles bicolor mohavensis (Snyder, 1918) (Mohave tui chub)
Siphateles bicolor obesa (Girard, 1856)
Siphateles bicolor pectinifer (Snyder, 1917)
Siphateles bicolor snyderi R. R. Miller, 1973 (Owens tui chub)
Siphateles bicolor vaccaceps F. T. Bills & C. E. Bond, 1980
Siphateles boraxobius J. E. Williams & C. E. Bond, 1980 (Borax Lake chub)

A single fossil species, †Siphateles traini (Lugaski, 1979) has been described from complete specimens recovered from the middle Pliocene-aged Jersey Valley of Nevada.{{Cite journal |last=Lugaski |first=Thomas |date=1979 |title=Gila traini, a New Pliocene Cyprinid Fish from Jersey Valley, Nevada |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1304094 |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=53 |issue=5 |pages=1160–1164 |issn=0022-3360}}{{Cite journal |last=Kelly |first=Thomas S. |date=2010 |title=A NEW CHUB (ACTINOPTERYGII, CYPRINIFORMES, CYPRINIDAE) FROM THE MIDDLE MIOCENE (EARLY CLARENDONIAN) ALDRICH STATION FORMATION, LYON COUNTY, NEVADA |url=https://rivp-paludicola.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/7-4-kelly-2010a.pdf |journal=Paludicola |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=137-157}}

References

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{{cite web |url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=4159 |title=Catalog of Fishes |editor1=Eschmeyer, W. N. |editor2=R. Fricke |editor3=R. van der Laan |date=1 December 2017 |publisher=California Academy of Sciences |accessdate=9 December 2017}}

{{cite thesis |last1=Harris |first1=Phillip M. |title=Systematic studies of the genus Siphateles (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae) from western North America |degree=Ph.D. |publisher=Oregon State University |year=2000 |hdl=1957/9829 }}

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Category:Laviniinae

Category:Chubs (fish)

Category:Ray-finned fish genera

Category:Endemic fish of the United States

Category:Freshwater fish of the United States

Category:Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope