Pages 473–480, Text | Fishes of western South America. I. The intercordilleran and Amazonian lowlands of Peru. II. The High Pampas of Peru, Bolivia, and northern Chile

Fishes of western South America. I. The intercordilleran and Amazonian lowlands of Peru. II. The High Pampas of Peru, Bolivia, and northern Chile · Text

Pages 473–480

FISHES OF WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA PLATE XVI | 461 |

PLATE XVII Fic. 1. Orestias incae Garman, 3948 MCZ, cotype, 55 mm., Moho, L. Titicaca.

Fig. 2. Orestias humboldti Valenciennes, 16078, 78 mm., Moho fjérd, L. Titicaca.

Fies.3aNp4.OrestiaspentlandiValenciennes,16082,155mm.tocaudal basis,Capachica,L.Titicace Fia. 5. Orestias cuviert Valenciennes, 3927 MCZ, 195 mm., Puno, L. Titicaca.

FISHES OF WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA PLATE XVII

PLATE XVIII Fics. 1 anp 2. Orestias luteus Valenciennes, 16095, part, 172 mm., L. Umayo.

Fia.3.OrestiasolivaceusGarman,3946MCZ,84mm.,L.Umayo. Fic. 4. Radiograph of one of the shorter species, Orestias agassizii, 105 mm.tocaudalbasis. Fia. 5. Radiograph of a longer species, Orestias pentland?, 172 mm. to caudal basis.

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PLATE XIX Fia. 1. Orestias silustani Allen, sp. nov., type, 16097, part, 86 mm., L. Umayo.

Fias. 2-5. Orestias albus Valenciennes. Figs. 2 and 3, 16095, part, 115 mm., L. Umayo; figs. 4 and 5, 16127, part, 63 and 68 mm., R. Azangaro. [466|

FISHES OF WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA PLATE XIX | 467 |

PLATE XX Fia.1.OrestiaselegansGarman,15238,part,95mm.,L.Chinchaycocha. Fia. 2. Orestias empyraeus Allen, sp. nov. 15238, part, 120 mm., L. Chinchaycocha.

Fias. 3-8. Orestias agassizii Valenciennes. Fig. 3, the largest, 120 mm., Puno, L. Titicaca; fig. 4, dorsal aspect; figs. 5-7, juvenile, showing variation in color; fig. 8, about 90 mm., metamorphosistoadultform.

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Attribution. Eigenmann, Carl H.; Allen, William Ray (1942). Fishes of western South America. I. The intercordilleran and Amazonian lowlands of Peru. II. The High Pampas of Peru, Bolivia, and northern Chile. Digitised text released under CC0 1.0 via Zenodo (10.5281/zenodo.16400449). CC0 1.0. Original source ↗. Text extracted from the digitised PDF without changes to wording; page images, figures and plates are not reproduced. OCR errors in the source scan may remain.