Orestias piacotensis

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 piacotensis

Name

Orestias piacotensis Vila, 2006

• Holotype: MNHNC P7222. Paratypes: MNHNC P7223 (1), P7224 (20+, number not given).
• Type locality: Eastern littoral zone of Laguna Piacota, 18°11'49.8"S, 69°15'56.9"W, Arica County, Chile. elevation 4400 meters.

References

• Vila, I. 2006. A new species of killifish in the genus Orestias (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae) from the southern High Andes, Chile. Copeia 3: 472-477. Reference page. 

Selected links

• Orestias piacotensis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on September 25, 2014.
• Orestias piacotensis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.