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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Laviniinae
Etymology: Gila: A river flowing from SW Mejico to south Arizona; eremica: Name is Latinized from the Greek, meaning "of the desert", and alludes to the severe desert conditions in the region where this new species occurs. Rainfall in much of the nortwestern Sonora averages less than 150 mm a year..

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Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate

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North America: headwaters of the Sonora and Matape rivers of northwestern Sonora, México.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 39604)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 8; Anal soft rays: 7 - 8. Differs morphometrically from G. purpurea in having on average a shallower caudal peduncle, shorter mean distance from origin of pectoral fin to origin of pelvic fin and longer upper jaw. Differs from G. ditaenia in its shorter caudal peduncle and longer post-orbital mean lengths and an average of 57 vs. 68 scales in the lateral line.

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DeMarais, B.D., 1991. Gila eremica, a new cyprinid fish from northwestern Sonora, México. Copeia 1991(1):179-189. (Ref. 39604)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Near Threatened (NT) (B1b(iii)); Date assessed: 02 March 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 2.5 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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