Orestias gloriae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinodontoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes Subordo: Cyprinodontoidei

Familia: Cyprinodontidae
Subfamilia: Cyprinodontinae
Genus: Orestias
Species: Orestias gloriae

Name

Orestias gloriae Scott, Mendez, Valenzuela, Iturra & Poulin, 2012

Holotype: MNHNC 7424, female, 70.4 mm SL

Paratypes:

• MNHNC 7425, 1 male, 21.9 mm SL.
• MNHNC 7426, 1 female, 59.0 mm SL.
• LLFS-UCH 2006, 10 females 38.2-60.1 mm SL.
• LLFS-UCH, 7 males, 20.3-38.2 mm SL.

Type locality: Chile: Loa Province: springs of Carcote saltpan, 21°16'58.6" S 68°19'28.4" W, altitude 3706 m a.s.l.; I. Vila & S. Scott, April 2006.

References

• Vila, I., Scott, S., Mendez, M.A., Valenzuela, F., Iturra, P. & Poulin, E. 2012: Orestias gloriae, a new species of cyprinodontid fish from saltpan spring of the southern high Andes (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 22 (4) [2011]: 345–353. [1]