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Gila eremica DeMarais, 1991
Accepted name
Check Catalog of Fishes: Genus: Gila; Species: eremica; Original reference
  Current accepted name :   
Yes
  Status details:   
senior synonym, original combination
  Status ref. :   
  Comment :   
  Etymology of Generic name : 
 
A river flowing from SW Mejico to south Arizona
Etymology of specific name : 
 
Name is Latinized from the Greek, meaning "of the desert", and alludes to the severe desert conditions in the region where this new species occurs. Rainfall in much of the nortwestern Sonora averages less than 150 mm a year.
  Status in Catalogue of Life:   
Accepted name
 
 
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