Virgin chub (Gila seminuda) distribution and status by HUC8

Jul 28, 2011 (Last modified Apr 2, 2021)
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Virgin chub (Gila seminuda) status data created for the Western Division of the American Fisheries Society (WDAFS)

US Fish and Wildlife Service, 2008. The Virgin River Fish Woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus) Virgin River chub (Gila seminuda). 5-Year Review: Summary and Evaluation. The Virgin River Fish Woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus) Virgin River chub (Gila seminuda). 5-Year Review: Summary and Evaluation.

Minckley, W.L. and DeMarais, B.D., 2000. Taxonomy of chubs (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, genus Gila) in the American Southwest with comments on conservation. Copeia, 2000: 251-256.

Schönhuth, S., Perdices, A., Lozano-Vilano, L., García-de-León, F.J., Espinosa, H. and Mayden, R.L., 2014. Phylogenetic relationships of North American western chubs of the genus Gila (Cyprinidae, Teleostei), with emphasis on southern species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 70: 210-230.

Scoppettone, G.G., Salgado, J.A. and Nielsen, M.B., 2005. Blue tilapia (Oreochromis aureus) predation on fishes in the Muddy River system, Clark County, Nevada. Western North American Naturalist, 65: 410-414.
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US watershed boundaries from USGS - http://water.usgs.gov/GIS/huc.html
Canada watershed boundaries from Ministry on Sustainable Resource Management’s Fisheries Inventory Watershed Atlas - http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/gis/GISdata.html
Mexico fish distributions from Freshwater Fishes of Mexico (Miller and Minckley 2006)
US fish distributions from each state's respective fish agency
Additional information may come from peer-reviewed literature, grey literature and agency reports, and scientific collection permit catch records
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Western Division of the American Fisheries Society (WDAFS), http://www.wdafs.org/officers/officers.htm
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