Orestias parinacotensis
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| Orestias parinacotensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Cyprinodontidae |
| Genus: | Orestias |
| Species: | O. parinacotensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Orestias parinacotensis Arratia, 1982 | |
Orestias parinacotensis, locally known as karachi,[2] is a species of pupfish in the family Cyprinodontidae. It is endemic to northern Chile.[3] This fish was described in 1982 by María Gloria Eliana Arratia Fuentes from a type locality given as a wetland near the hamlet of Parinacota, Chile called the Bofedales de Parinacota.[4]
In salar Ascotán the species was devastated by the extraction of water by the copper mining. Since the 2020s the species is threatened by the expansion of the lithium extraction.[2]
