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  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderCypriniformes
  4. ›familyCyprinidae
  5. ›genusGila
Gila elegans
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IUCN CR · Critically endangered

Bonytail

Gila elegans Baird & Girard, 1853

Also calledGila zdobena (ces) · carpa elegante (spa) · gila zdobená (ces) · 美丽骨尾鱼 (zho)

First described in: Baird, W. (1853). Catalogue of the species of Entozoa, or intestinal worms, contained in the collection of the British Museum [by William Baird]. <em>London.</em> 132 pp.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2360109.