Orestias parinacotensis
| Orestias parinacotensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Cyprinodontidae |
| Genus: | Orestias |
| Species: | O. parinacotensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Orestias parinacotensis Arratia, 1982
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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.[4]
In salar Ascotán the species was devastated by the extraction of water by the copper mining. Since the 2020s the species is threatened by the expansion of the lithium extraction.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Orestias parinacotensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T15494A4672992. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T15494A4672992.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b Jerez, Sara (2024-11-20). "Karachi, el raro pez chileno del altiplano que vive en salares y peligra por la extracción del litio". Radio Bío-Bío (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Orestias parinacotensis". FishBase. August 2019 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Orestias parinacotensis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
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