Orestias parinacotensis
Orestias parinacotensis is a species of pupfish in the family Cyprinodontidae. It is endemic to northern Chile.[2] This fish was described in 1982 by María Gloria Eliana Arratia Fuentes from a type locality given as a wetland near the hamlet of Parinacota, Chile called the Bofedales de Parinacota.[3]
| Orestias parinacotensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Cyprinodontidae |
| Genus: | Orestias |
| Species: | O. parinacotensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Orestias parinacotensis Arratia, 1982 | |
References
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Orestias parinacotensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T15494A4672992. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T15494A4672992.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Orestias parinacotensis" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Orestias parinacotensis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
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