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pentlandii, Orestias Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1846:230, Pl. 533 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 18; ref. 1011] Lake Titicaca. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-4415 (1), A-9594 (2); ZMB 3488 (1). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:24 [ref. 19576], Paepke & Seegers 1986:170 [ref. 19981]. Appeared first in Valenciennes 1839:118 [ref. 17870] without distinguishing features. •Valid as Orestias pentlandii Valenciennes 1846 -- (Parenti 1984:168 [ref. 5359], Ortega & Vari 1986:19 [ref. 9708], Lazara 2001:240 [ref. 25711], Costa in Reis et al. 2003:553 [ref. 27061], Sarmiento et al. 2014:187 [ref. 35004], Esmaeili et al. 2018:21 [ref. 36738], Chuctaya et al. 2022:54 [ref. 42137]). Current status: Valid as Orestias pentlandii Valenciennes 1846. Cyprinodontidae: Orestiinae. Distribution: South America: Lake Titicaca and upper Amazon River basin (Bolivia and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.

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