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jussiei, Orestias Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1846:235, Pl. 535 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 18; ref. 1011] Lake Titicaca; Río Guaracona; Lake Chinchoro, near Cuzco, Peru. Syntypes: MNHN A-9599 (3), A-9600 (3). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:25 [ref. 19576]. •Valid as Orestias jussiei Valenciennes 1846 -- (Parenti 1984:189 [ref. 5359], Ortega & Vari 1986:19 [ref. 9708], Lazara 2001:237 [ref. 25711], Costa in Reis et al. 2003:552 [ref. 27061], Esmaeili et al. 2018:20 [ref. 36738], Chuctaya et al. 2022:54 [ref. 42137]). Current status: Valid as Orestias jussiei Valenciennes 1846. Cyprinodontidae: Orestiinae. Distribution: South America: upper Amazon River basin (Peru) endemic. Habitat: freshwater.


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