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Orestias (Greek: Ὀρεστιάς), later refounded by Hadrian as Adrianople (Greek: Άδριανούπολις), was an ancient Greek settlement next to the Evros river in Thrace, near or at the site of present-day Edirne, and close to the current border between Turkey and Greece.
Four Orestias (possibly O. luteus) and two Trichomycterus catfish caught in Lake Titicaca, the center of Orestias richness. Orestias is restricted to freshwater habitats at an altitude of 2,800–4,600 m (9,200–15,100 ft) in the Andes of central and southern Peru, western Bolivia, and northeastern Chile. [2]
Orestias is a genus of orchids. It has 4 known species, all native to central Africa, including the island of São Tomé in the Gulf of Guinea. [1] [2] [3] Orestias elegans Ridl. - São Tomé, Príncipe; Orestias foliosa Summerh. in G.M.D.Troupin - Gabon, Zaire; Orestias micrantha Summerh. - São Tomé, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
In ancient times, there was Orestias, a small settlement on this site which legends claim was founded by Orestes, the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. Following the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) and the Armistice of Mudanya (October 1922), the Western Forces surrendered Eastern Thrace to Turkey and the Greek army was ordered to withdraw ...
Each species of Orestias has varying size. The Titicaca orestias was the largest species in the genus. [4] The maximum recorded size is 22 cm (8.7 in) in standard length and 27 cm (10.6 in) in total length, which is considerably larger than most other species; only O. pentlandii at up to 20 cm (7.9 in) and 23.5 cm (9.3 in), respectively, comes close.
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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 ...
Orestias elegans is a species of pupfish from the family Cyprinodontidae. [3] The type locality are small lakes among headwaters of Río Rimac , in Peru. [ 4 ] It is part of the agassii species complex.