Orestias (fish genus)

Orestias pentlandii, Orestias jussiei, Orestias tschudii

The Andenkärpflinge, Titicaca toothcarps or South American Goodeids ( Orestias ) are a genus of the family of killifish. Older classifications they put into their own family Orestiidae. They are 9 to 22 inches wide, elongated predatory fish that are mainly characterized by the absence of ventral fins. Their diet consists of zooplankton. They are endemic to Lake Titicaca and other Peruvian, Bolivian and Chilean waters of the Altiplano at altitudes above 3,600 m. Many species of this genus are by foreign fish become rare due to pollution and Faunenverfälschung. One type - the Amanto ( Orestias cuvieri ) - is probably extinct.

System

The following 44 species belong to the genus of fish Orestias that has the American ichthyologist Lynne R. Parenti 1984 classified into four species complexes due to the kinship relations

Agassii species complex

• Orestias agassizii
• Orestias albus
• Orestias ascotanensis
• Orestias chungarensis
• Orestias ctenolepis
• Orestias elegans
• Orestias empyraeus
• Orestias frontosus
• Orestias Gymnotus
• Orestias Hardini
• Orestias jussiei
• Orestias lastarriae
• Orestias laucaensis
• Orestias luteus
• Orestias multiporis
• Orestias mundus
• Orestias olivaceus
• Orestias parinacotensis
• Orestias Polonorum
• Orestias puni
• Orestias richersoni
• Orestias rotundipinnis
• Orestias silustani
• Orestias tschudii
• Orestias Ututo

Cuvieri species complex

• Orestias cuvieri Amanto ( Orestia cuvieri )
• Orestias forgeti
• Orestias ISPI
• Orestias pentlandii

Gilsoni species complex

• Orestias gilsoni
• Orestias IMARPE
• Orestias minimus
• Orestias minutus
• Orestias mooni
• Orestias robustus
• Orestias taquiri
• Orestias tchernavini
• Orestias tomcooni
• Orestias uruni

Mulleri species complex

• Orestias crawfordi
• Orestias gracilis
• Orestias INCAE
• Orestias mulleri
• Orestias Tutini