Orestias tchernavini Lauzanne, 1981
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 tchernavini Lauzanne, 1981
- Name authority
- Lauzanne, 1981
- 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 tchernavini Lauzanne, 1981
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 laucaensis Arratia, 1982 | 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 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.
- Lauzanne, L. (1981). Description de trois Orestias nouveaux du Lac Titicaca, O. ispi n. sp., O. forgeti n. sp. et O. tchernavini n. sp. (Pisces, Cyprinodontidae). Cybium 3e Série. Bulletin de La Société Française d’Ichtyologie, 5 (3): 71–91. [English and Spanish summaries.]. 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:6T5Q4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.