VENTURA Fish & Wildlife Organization: The Endangered Mohave Tui Chub: Partnering to Achieve Recovery, Education, and Community Outreach or How Two Students Can Make a Difference [From Fish & Wildlife Journal, California-Nevada Offices , June 1, 2008]
Judy Hohman, Ventura FWO:
What is a Mohave tui chub and why is it endangered?
Historically, the Mohave tui chub (Siphateles bicolor mohavensis) was the only fish native to the Mojave River system in the Mojave Desert, San Bernardino County, California. This 8 inch minnow probably evolved with no aquatic predators. The Mohave tui chub is adapted to the alkaline lacustrine or lake-like habitats of the desert portion of the Mojave River (Snyder 1918).
(For the rest of the story go to http://www.fws.gov/arsnew/regmap.cfm?arskey=24145 )
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