Orestias olivaceus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinodontoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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 olivaceus

Name

Orestias olivaceus Garman, 1895

• Syntypes: BMNH 1939.7.17.1 [ex MCZ 3946] (1), MCZ 3946 (now 5).
• Type locality: Lake Umayo, 9 miles northwest of and 400 feet higher than Lake Titicaca, Peru.

References

• Garman, S. 1895. The cyprinodonts. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 19 (pt 1): 1–179, Pls. 1–12. BHL Reference page. 

Selected links

• Orestias olivaceus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on September 22, 2014.
• Orestias olivaceus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Orestias olivaceus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• IUCN: Orestias olivaceus  (Vulnerable)