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The humpback chub (Gila cypha) is a federally protected fish that lived originally in fast waters of the Colorado River system in the United States.This species takes its name from the prominent hump between the head and dorsal fin, which is thought to direct the flow of water over the body and help maintain body position in the swift currents of the Colorado river.
Humpback chub: Gila cypha: Native to Colorado. It is known to only reside in rivers but prefers slower eddies and pools with bottoms of sand, gravel, or rock substrate. Humpback chubs can reach up to lengths of 20 inches in and weigh up to 2.5 pounds. Humpback chubs are known to be a long living fish having a life span of up to 30 years. [36]
Gila is a genus of fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, native to the United States and Mexico.Species of Gila are collectively referred to as western chubs.The chiselmouth is a close relative (Simons & Mayden 1997), as are members of the genus Siphateles.
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Similar species include the humpback chub (Gila cypha) and bonytail chub (G. elegans), however, these fish have extremely slender caudal peduncles, smaller eyes, angle along anal fin base continuing above the caudal fin. Large individuals have a hump on their nape, and a depressed head which is absent on the headwater chub.
Once abundant and widespread in the basin, its numbers have declined to the point where it has been extirpated from the Mexican part of its range and was listed as endangered in the US part in 1967, a fate shared by the three other large Colorado Basin endemic fish species: bonytail chub, humpback chub, and razorback sucker.
The lake whitefish is sometimes referred to as a "humpback" fish due to the small size of the head in relation to the length of the body. [3] [a] It is a valuable commercial fish, and also occasionally taken by sport fishermen. Smoked, refrigerated, vacuum-packed lake whitefish fillets are available in North American grocery stores.
Bahia Solano, which is built along a U-shaped bay, has become one of the most famous spots in Colombia to sight humpback whales. AP PHOTOS: Humpback whales draw thousands of visitors to a small ...