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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.
Orestias is a genus of pupfish. Older systematics classified them into the own family Orestiidae . They are found in lakes, rivers and springs in the Andean highlands of South America, and several species are considered threatened . [ 2 ]
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 ...
Orestias chungarensis is a species of fish in the family Cyprinodontidae. It is endemic to Lake Chungara in Chile. [2] References This page was last edited on 27 ...
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.
Orestias parinacotensis, locally known as karachi, [2] is a species of pupfish in the family Cyprinodontidae. It is endemic to northern Chile . [ 3 ] This fish was described in 1982 by María Gloria Eliana Arratia Fuentes from a type locality given as a wetland near the hamlet of Parinacota, Chile called the Bofedales de Parinacota .
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.
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