Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Cyprinodontoidei 

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

Name

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Orestias gloriae Scott, Mendez, Valenzuela, Iturra & Poulin, 2012

Holotype: MNHNC 7424, female, 70.4 mm SL

Paratypes:

  • MNHNC 7425, 1 male, 21.9 mm SL.
  • MNHNC 7426, 1 female, 59.0 mm SL.
  • LLFS-UCH 2006, 10 females 38.2-60.1 mm SL.
  • LLFS-UCH, 7 males, 20.3-38.2 mm SL.

Type locality: Chile: Loa Province: springs of Carcote saltpan, 21°16'58.6" S 68°19'28.4" W, altitude 3706 m a.s.l.; I. Vila & S. Scott, April 2006.

References

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  • Vila, I., Scott, S., Mendez, M.A., Valenzuela, F., Iturra, P. & Poulin, E. 2012: Orestias gloriae, a new species of cyprinodontid fish from saltpan spring of the southern high Andes (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 22 (4) [2011]: 345–353. [1]