Yuriria (fish)

Yuriria
Chapala chub (Yuriria chapalae)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pogonichthyinae
Genus: Yuriria
D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Type species
Hudsonius altus
D. S. Jordan, 1880
Synonyms
  • Falcula D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1903
  • Falcularius D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1899

Yuriria is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. The fish in this genus are endemic to the LermaChapalaGrande de Santiago and Ameca basins in Mexico.