Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cyprinodontiformes

Family: Cyprinodontidae

Genus: Orestias

Species: Orestias piacotensis Vila, 2006

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

A mid-water fish that feeds mainly on plankton (boechellid copepods and microalgae (Ref. 57710).

Habitat

pelagic