Gila elegans in USA
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Main Ref.
Also Ref.
Occurrence native
Importance Ref.
Aquaculture experimental Ref. Sowka, P.A. and P.E. Brunkow, 1999
Regulations protected Ref.
Freshwater Yes
Brackish No
Saltwater No
Live export
Bait No
Gamefish No
Abundance scarce (very unlikely) Ref. Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
Comments

Extremely rare (Ref. 86798). Extant only in Green River, Utah and perhaps in some large impoundments of the Colorado River (Ref. 5723). Several factors contributed to the decline of bonytail populations in the Colorado River. These include habitat alteration produced by reservoir construction and predation by introduced species (Ref. 41720). Little recruitment has been observed for over 30 years (Ref. 41720). Also Ref. 3814.

Status of threat: endangered; status same as 1989. Criteria: 1,3, 4 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264).

States/Provinces Arizona (native), California (native), Colorado (native), New Mexico (native), Utah (native), Wyoming (native)
States/Provinces Complete? No
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(e.g. 9948)
( e.g. cephalopods )
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