Evarra

Evarra
Plateau chub, (Evarra eigenmanni)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Clade: Laviniinae
Genus: Evarra
Woolman, 1894
Type species
Evarra eigenmanni
Woolman, 1895
Species

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Evarra was 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]

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References

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  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Evarra". FishBase. August 2011 version.
  1. ^ Bruton, Michael N. "Have fishes had their chips? The dilemma of threatened fishes". Environmental Biology of Fishes 43: l-27, 1995.
  2. ^ 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.