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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]
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 ...
A.C. Orestias (full name Athletic Club of Orestias/ Greek: Αθλητικός Όμιλος Ορεστιάδας) is a Greek volleyball club based in Orestias. It was founded in 1970 and it has important presence in the Greek volleyball championship. Orestias was the finalist of the championship at three times and one time the finalist of the ...
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 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.
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.
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