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Cyprinodontidae (Pupfishes) > Orestiinae
Etymology: Orestias: After Orestes in the Greek mythology?.
Eponymy: Orestis or Orestes is a Greek name meaning “he who stands on the mountain”. [...] Professor Johannes Peter Müller (1801–1858) was a German physiologist, ichthyologist and comparative anatomist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Valenciennes.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
; eau douce benthopélagique; non migrateur. High altitude
South America: lake Titicaca, Peru.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.5 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 27139)
Not a seasonal killifish. Is very difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Costa, W.J.E.M., 2003. Cyprinodontidae (Pupfishes). p. 549-554. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 50471)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial; Aquarium: Commercial
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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Nutriments (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 556 [189, 1,374] mg/100g; Iron = 2.25 [1.07, 4.06] mg/100g; Protein = 16.7 [15.4, 18.0] %; Omega3 = 0.289 [0.092, 0.885] g/100g; Selenium = 35.2 [11.6, 106.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 103 [33, 313] μg/100g; Zinc = 4.69 [2.92, 7.31] mg/100g (wet weight);