Orestias elegans (fish)

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]

Orestias elegans is a genus of pupfish. The type locality are small lakes among headwaters of Río Rimac, in Peru. It is part of the Agassii species complex.

References

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


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