Independence Valley Tui Chub

1. Independence Valley Tui Chub By Jessica Hamblin

2. Scientific Name * • Gila bicolor isolata

3. Or more specifically… • Eukaryota domain • Animal Kingdom • Bilateria subkingdom • Deuterostomia branch • Chordonia infrakingdom • Chordata phylum • Vertebrata subphylum • Gnathostomata infraphylum • Osteichthyes class • Actinopteryqii subclass • Actinopteri ifraclass • Clupeocephala cohort • Cypriniformes order • Cyprinidae family • Gila genus • Specific name: bicolor • Subspecies: isolata Put them together and what do you get? Gila bicolor isolata

4. Range • It was located in marshes of Independence Valley and also Warm Springs, both located in Nevada

5. Time Frame • 1965-1975 • “Abundant” when first collected • 1965 is when the fish were first collected, not necessarily when the species began

6. Diet • Could not find

7. Mating/Offspring • Could not find

8. Extinction • In 1975 (in case you didn’t get that from time frame) • It was killed because of the introduction of other fish such as sunfish, bass, and carp.

9. Looks • Could not find, but I assume it might have looked like other tui chubs

10. Enemies • Not immediately, but because they are the cause of extinction, sunfish, bass, and carp.

11. Websites • www.zipcodezoo.com/animals • http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Gila_(genus)#encyclopedia • *http://www.upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Gila_elegans.jpg/240px-Gila_elegans.jpg • http://marcussharpe.com/ar/animalrights.shtml • http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Independence+Valley+tui+chub • http://genome-lab.ucdavis.edu/People/Finger/index.htm

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