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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Cypriniformes
Superfamilia: Cyprinoidea

Familia: Cyprinidae
Genus: Yuriria
Species: Y. amatlana

Yuriria is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to the Lerma–Chapala–Grande de Santiago and Ameca basins in Mexico. There are three described species in this genus.
Species

Yuriria alta (D. S. Jordan, 1880) (Jalisco chub)
Yuriria amatlana Domínguez-Domínguez, Pompa-Domínguez & Doadrio, 2007
Yuriria chapalae (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1899) (Chapala chub)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Yuriria in FishBase. October 2011 version.

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