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[3] [11] [12] There are significant variations depending on exact species, especially in Lake Titicaca where there is a degree of niche differentiation, including some that mainly feed on zooplanktonic organisms, two (O. albus and O. cuvieri) that are particularly willing to take other fish, primarily smaller Orestias (fish eggs are regularly ...
The Titicaca orestias, Lake Titicaca orestias, or Lake Titicaca flat-headed fish (Orestias cuvieri), also known by its native name amanto, is a likely extinct freshwater killifish from Lake Titicaca in South America. It belongs in the pupfish genus Orestias, endemic to lakes, rivers and streams in the Andean highlands. With a total length of up ...
The many Orestias species in Lake Titicaca differ significantly in both habitat preference [35] and feeding behavior. [36] About 90% of the fish species in the basin are endemic, [34] including 23 species of Orestias that only are found in the lake. [37] Andean coot among totora sedges
The Orestias ascotanensis is a small ray-finned fish that grows to just 7.5 centimeters (3 inches), but has adapted to the Ascotan salt flat's high concentrations of heavy metals and variable ...
Orestias ascotanensis is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish within the family Cyprinodontidae, [1] endemic to 12 springs in the Ascotán Salt Flat in Chile. [2] It grows to a length of 7.5 centimeters. [3]
A New Hampshire group wants to be the first to bring offshore fish farming to the waters off New England by raising salmon and trout in open-ocean pens miles from land, but critics fear the plan ...
Orestias elegans (fish) L. Orestias laucaensis; P. Orestias parinacotensis; T. Titicaca orestias This page was last edited on 16 November 2014, at 12:26 (UTC). ...
Orestias laucaensis is a species of fish in the family Cyprinodontidae. It is endemic to the Lauca River in Chile. [2] Sources This page was last edited on 17 ...