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Thicktail chub

Gila crassicauda (Baird & Girard, 1854)

Status not recordedbony fish

The thicktail chub (Gila crassicauda) is a species in the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the thicktail chub

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the thicktail chub live?

Not recorded

Is the thicktail chub endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the thicktail chub classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusGila
  7. SpeciesGila crassicauda (Baird & Girard, 1854)

Synonyms Lavinia conformis, Lavinia crassicauda, Leuciscus gibbosus, Tigoma crassa

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • gila tlustoocasáCzech

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the thicktail chub

Other species in the same genus Gila.

Yaqui chub

Gila purpurea

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

Gila chub

Gila intermedia

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the thicktail chub?

The thicktail chub (Gila crassicauda) belongs to the family Cyprinidae in the order Cypriniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Thicktail chub (Gila crassicauda). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/thicktail-chub

MLA

“Thicktail chub (Gila crassicauda).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/thicktail-chub.

BibTeX
@misc{thicktail_chub_2026,
  title = {Thicktail chub (Gila crassicauda)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/thicktail-chub},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}