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Roundtail Chub

Gila robusta

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Arizona.January 62, February 57, March 75, April 100, May 91, June 44, July 55, August 75, September 49, October 47, November 48, December 54.
United States2,071
Arizona756
Colorado398
New Mexico354
Wyoming260
Utah183
Nevada41
California40
Texas38
Oklahoma1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderMinnows, Suckers, Carps, and Loaches · Cypriniformes
FamilyTrue Minnows · Leuciscidae
GenusWestern Chubs · Gila

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Roundtail Chub with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.