Gila nigra Cope, 1875
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Gila nigra Cope, 1875
- Name authority
- Cope, 1875
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Gila
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyLeuciscinae Bonaparte, 1835
- genusGila Baird & Girard, 1853
- speciesGila nigra Cope, 1875
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Gila. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Gila conspersa Garman, 1881 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gila cypha Miller, 1946 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sonora ChubGila ditaenia Miller, 1945 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| BonytailGila elegans Baird & Girard, 1853 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mexican Roundtail ChubGila minacae Meek, 1902 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chihuahua ChubGila nigrescens (Girard, 1856) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gila orcuttii (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gila pandora (Cope, 1872) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yaqui ChubGila purpurea (Girard, 1856) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gila robusta Baird & Girard, 1853 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gila seminuda Cope & Yarrow, 1875 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gila atraria (Girard, 1856) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Cope, E. D., & Yarrow, H. C. (1875). Report upon the collections of fishes made in portions of Nevada, Utah, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, during the years 1871, 1872, 1873, and 1874. Engineer Department, United States Army, Report upon the Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian, v. 5 (Zoology) Chapter 6: 635–703, Pls. 26–32. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13592 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3G2GR. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.