7010

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7010
• Author: Smith, G. R., R. Miller and D. W. Sable.
• Title: Species Relationships Among Fishes of the Genus
• USFW Year: 1976.
• Copyright Material: YES

FIGURE 9. Gila elegans, post-spawning female (UMMZ 179581), 314 mm S.L.,
Green River in pool below Flaming Gorge Dam (when under construction), Utah.

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FIGURE 10. Juveniles of three species of Gila. (above) G. r. robusta
(UMMZ 161782), 57 mm S.L., Ashley Creek, tributary to Green River, 16.1 kID SE
of Vernal, Utah. (middle) G. cypha (UMMZ 180090), 58.3 mm S.L., Spencer
Creek, tributary to Colorado River, 914 m above mouth, Mohave Co., Arizona.
(below) G. elegans (UMMZ 94865), 65.3 mm S.L., Gi~a River below Dome,Arizona.
Note snout, concave frontals, small eyes, and intermediate peduncle depth
in cypha. Note slender peduncle of elegans. Counts of fin rays, gill rakers,
and vertebrate confirm discrimination of young and adult specimens (see text).

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