Evarra
Evarra is 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).[1][2]
| Evarra | |
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| Plateau chub, (Evarra eigenmanni) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Laviniinae |
| Genus: | †Evarra Woolman, 1894 |
| Type species | |
| †Evarra eigenmanni Woolman, 1895 | |
| Species | |
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Species
- †Evarra bustamantei Navarro, 1955 (Mexican dace)
- †Evarra eigenmanni Woolman, 1894 (plateau chub)
- †Evarra tlahuacensis Meek, 1902 (endorheic chub)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Evarra in FishBase. August 2011 version.
- Bruton, Michael N. "Have fishes had their chips? The dilemma of threatened fishes". Environmental Biology of Fishes 43: l-27, 1995.
- Ceballos, G.; E.D. Pardo; L.M. Estévez; H.E. Pérez, eds. (2016). Los peces dulceacuícolas de México en peligro de extinción. ISBN 978-607-16-4087-1.
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