Orestias laucaensis Arratia, 1982
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Orestias laucaensis Arratia, 1982
- Name authority
- Arratia, 1982
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Family
- Cyprinodontidae
- Genus
- Orestias
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCyprinodontiformes
- familyCyprinodontidae Wagner, 1828
- subfamilyCyprinodontinae Wagner, 1828
- genusOrestias Valenciennes, 1839
- speciesOrestias laucaensis Arratia, 1982
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Orestias. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Orestias crawfordi Tchernavin, 1944 | CyprinodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Orestias pentlandii Valenciennes, 1846 | CyprinodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Orestias elegans Garman, 1895 | CyprinodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Orestias taquiri Tchernavin, 1944 | CyprinodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Orestias multiporis Parenti, 1984 | CyprinodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Orestias gymnota Parenti, 1984 | CyprinodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Orestias empyraeus Allen, 1942 | CyprinodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Orestias tchernavini Lauzanne, 1981 | CyprinodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Orestias piacotensis Vila, 2006 | CyprinodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Orestias mundus Parenti, 1984 | CyprinodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Orestias cuvieri Valenciennes, 1846 | CyprinodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Orestias richersoni Parenti, 1984 | CyprinodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Arratia, G. (1982). Peces del Altiplano de Chile. El Hombre Y Los Ecosistemas de Montaña. MAB-6. El Ambiente Natural Y Las Poblaciones Humanas de Los Andes Del Norte Grande de Chile, 1. La vegetación y los vetebrados interiores ...entre Africa y El Lago Chungará. v. 1: 93–133. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6STQ7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.