Australoheros is a fish genus in the cichlid family. Most are restricted to rivers and streams in southeastern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northeastern Argentina, but at least one species is also found in lakes and swamps.[1] This genus was erected after a taxonomic revision in 2006.[2][3] These are relatively small cichlids that typically do not surpass 10–15 centimetres (4–6 in) in length, although A. facetus reaches about 20 cm (8 in).[1]
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| Australoheros facetus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Tribe: | Heroini |
| Genus: | Australoheros Říčan & S. O. Kullander, 2006 |
| Type species | |
| Chromis facetus Jenyns, 1842
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Species edit
Four of these species were formerly included in Cichlasoma, but the rest were all described in 2006 (when the genus Australoheros was coined) or later, and placed in the correct genus from the beginning. There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus:[4][5]
- Australoheros acaroides (R. F. Hensel, 1870)
- Australoheros angiru Říčan, Piáleck, Almirón & Casciotta, 2011
- Australoheros autrani Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008
- Australoheros autochthon (Günther, 1862)
- Australoheros barbosae Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008
- Australoheros capixaba Ottoni, 2010
- Australoheros charrua Říčan & S. O. Kullander, 2008
- Australoheros facetus (Jenyns, 1842) (Chameleon cichlid)
- Australoheros forquilha Říčan & S. O. Kullander, 2008
- Australoheros guarani Říčan & S. O. Kullander, 2008
- Australoheros ipatinguensis Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008
- Australoheros kaaygua Casciotta, Almirón & Gómez, 2006
- Australoheros macacuensis Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008
- Australoheros macaensis Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008
- Australoheros mattosi Ottoni, 2012[6]
- Australoheros minuano Říčan & S. O. Kullander, 2008
- Australoheros montanus Ottoni, 2012[6]
- Australoheros muriae Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008
- Australoheros paraibae Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008
- Australoheros perdi Ottoni, Lezama, Triques, Fragoso-Moura, C. C. T. Lucas & F. A. R. Barbosa, 2011
- Australoheros ribeirae Ottoni, Oyakawa & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008
- Australoheros robustus Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008
- Australoheros sanguineus Ottoni, 2013[5]
- Australoheros saquarema Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008
- Australoheros scitulus (Říčan & S. O. Kullander, 2003)
- Australoheros taura Ottoni & Cheffe, 2009
- Australoheros tavaresi Ottoni, 2012[6]
- Australoheros tembe (Casciotta, Gómez & Toresanni, 1995)
- Australoheros ykeregua Říčan, Piáleck, Almirón & Casciotta, 2011
References edit
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Australoheros facetus" in FishBase. April 2011 version.
- ^ Taxonomic revision of the genus Australoheros[permanent dead link], Rican & Kullander, 2006
- ^ Nine Australoheros cichlids described in revision Archived December 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Practical Fishkeeping, 2008
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Australoheros in FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ^ a b Ottoni, F.P. (2013): Australoheros sanguineus sp. n. – a new cichlid species from the rio Cubatão basin, southern Brazil (Cichlidae: Heroini). Vertebrate Zoology, 63 (2): 161-169.
- ^ a b c Ottoni, Felipe P. (2012). "Three new species of Australoheros from southeastern Brazil, with taxonomic notes on Chromys oblonga, Heros autochton and H. jenynsii (Teleostei: Labroidei: Cichlidae)" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 62 (1): 83–96. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-02.