Orestias elegans (fish)

Not to be confused with Orestias elegans (plant).

Orestias elegans is a species of pupfish from the family Cyprinodontidae.^[3] The type locality are small lakes among headwaters of Río Rimac, in Peru.^[4] It is part of the agassii species complex.

Orestias elegans
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Cyprinodontidae
Genus:	Orestias
Species:	O. elegans
Binomial name
Orestias elegans Garman, 1895[2]