Orestias elegans (fish)

Orestias elegans is a species of pupfish from the family Cyprinodontidae.[2] The type locality are small lakes among headwaters of Río Rimac, in Peru.[3] It is part of the agassii species complex.

Not to be confused with Orestias elegans (plant).

Orestias elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Cyprinodontidae
Genus: Orestias
Species:
O. elegans
Binomial name
Orestias elegans
Garman, 1895[1]

References
  1. Garman, S. 1895. The cyprinodonts. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 19 (pt 1): 1–179, Pls. 1–12
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Orestias elegans" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Orestias elegans". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 October 2019.


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