Orestias cuvieri Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1846
Titicaca orestias, Amanto, Lake Titicaca orestias
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1937 (1939?)
IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient
Distribution
Lake Titicaca (Bolivia and Peru)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Valenciennes in: Cuvier, Georges & A. Valenciennes. (1846). Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes. Livre dix-neuvième. Des ésoces ou lucioïdes.
Other references:
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Garrigos, Yareli Esquer et al. (2013). Non-invasive ancient DNA protocol for fluid-preserved specimens and phylogenetic systematics of the genus Orestias (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae). Zootaxa 3640(3): 373-394.
Harrison, I. J. and Stiassny, M. L. J. (1999). The Quiet Crisis. A preliminary listing of the freshwater fishes of the world that are Extinct or “Missing in Action", pp. 271-331. In: MacPhee, R. D. E. (ed.). Extinctions in Near Time. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
Lauzanne, L. (1992). The Orestias. VI.5 fish fauna, VI5a native species, pp. 405-419. In: Dejoux, C. and Iltis, A. (eds.). Lake Titicaca. A synthesis of limnological knowledge. Monographiae biologiae 68. Kluwer, Leiden.
Parenti, L. R. (1984). A taxonomic revision of the Andean killifish genus Orestias (Cyprinodontiformes, Cyprinodontidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 178: 107-214.
Tchernavin, V. V. (1944). A Revision of the Subfamily Orestiinæ. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 114(1-2): 140-233.
Van Damme, P. A., F. Carvajal-Vallejos, J. Sarmiento, S. Barrera, K. Osinaga, and G. Miranda-Chumacero. (2009). Peces, pp. 25-90. In: Libro rojo de la fauna Silvestre de vertebrados de Bolivia. Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Agua, La Paz.
Vila, I., Pardo, R. and Scott, S. (2007). Freshwater fishes of the Altiplano. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management Society 10: 201-211.
World Conservation Monitoring Centre. (1996). Orestias cuvieri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. Downloaded on 01 February 2012.
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/1724/titicaca-orestias-cuvieri
https://shoalconservation.org/search-for-lost-fishes/titicaca-orestias/