Orestias ascotanensis
Appearance
Orestias ascotanensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Cyprinodontidae |
Genus: | Orestias |
Species: | O. ascotanensis
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Binomial name | |
Orestias ascotanensis Parenti, 1984
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Orestias ascotanensis is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish within the family Cyprinodontidae,[1] endemic to 12 springs in the Ascotán Salt Flat in Chile.[2] It grows to a length of 7.5 centimeters.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Orestias ascotanensis Parenti, 1984". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- ^ Cruz-Jofré, Franco; Morales, Pamela; Vila, Irma; Esquer-Garrigos, Yareli; Hugueny, Bernard; Gaubert, Philippe; Poulin, Elie; Méndez, Marco (April 2016). "Geographical isolation and genetic differentiation: the case of Orestias ascotanensis (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae), an Andean killifish inhabiting a highland salt pan". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 117 (4): 747–759. doi:10.1111/bij.12704.
- ^ "Orestias ascotanensis". www.fishbase.se. Retrieved 2022-12-06.