Orestias parinacotensis

Orestias parinacotensis

Fish Reaching Eight Point Five Centimeters in South American Waters

Temperate
Southern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Pacific Ocean
South America
Small
Temperate fish

Orestias parinacotensis is known around South America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and the largest recorded length is 8.5 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Killifishes and Livebearers
Family: Cyprinodontidae
Genus: Orestias
Maximum length: 8.5 cm
Water: Freshwater
Distribution: South America: Parinocota River, Andean basin of the Pacific slope of northern Chile.

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