Mountain Chub
Algansea monticola Barbour & Contreras-Balderas, 1968
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
The mountain chub (Algansea monticola) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Leuciscidae; the shiners, daces and minnows. This species is endemic to the Huaynamota (part of the Grande de Santiago River basin), Juchipila (upper Lerma River basin) and Bolaños rivers (forming a link between Huaynamota and Juchipila) in west-central Mexico.
Wikipedia contributors, Mountain chub; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T03:33:27.929471+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Algansea monticola Barbour & Contreras-Balderas, 1968
- Name authority
- Barbour & Contreras-Balderas, 1968
- Common name
- Mountain Chub
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Algansea
- 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
- genusAlgansea Girard, 1856
- speciesAlgansea monticola Barbour & Contreras-Balderas, 1968
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Algansea. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Riffle ChubAlgansea aphanea Barbour & Miller, 1978 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Algansea barbata Álvarez & Cortés, 1964 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Popoche ChubAlgansea popoche (Jordan & Snyder, 1899) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Algansea monticola archidion Barbour & Miller, 1994 Barbour & Miller, 1994 | synonym |
| Algansea monticola monticola Barbour & Contreras-Balderas, 1968 Barbour & Contreras-Balderas, 1968 | synonym |
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.
- Barbour, C. D., & Contreras-Balderas, S. (1968). Algansea monticola, a new cyprinid fish from the Pacific slope of Central Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 81: 101–107. [Authorship as Barbour and Contreras.]. 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:BRN8. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.