''Australoheros'' is a fish

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in the

cichlid Cichlids are fish from the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes. Cichlids were traditionally classed in a suborder, the Labroidei, along with the wrasses ( Labridae), in the order Perciformes, but molecular studies have contradicted this ...

family. Most are restricted to rivers and streams in southeastern

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and northeastern

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, but at least one species is also found in lakes and swamps. This genus was erected after a

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revision in 2006. These are relatively small cichlids that typically do not surpass in length, although ''A. facetus'' reaches about .

Species

Four of these species were formerly included in ''

Cichlasoma ''Cichlasoma'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the cichlid family. The genus was previously very large (a wastebasket taxon), including cichlids from North America, including Central America, and South America. Reclassification and subsequent s ...

'', 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: * '' Australoheros acaroides'' ( R. F. Hensel, 1870) * ''

Australoheros angiru ''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. This genus was ere ...

'' Říčan, Piáleck, Almirón & Casciotta, 2011 * ''

Australoheros autrani ''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. This genus was ere ...

'' Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008 * ''

Australoheros autochthon ''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. This genus was ere ...

'' (Günther, 1862) * ''

Australoheros barbosae ''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. This genus was ere ...

'' Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008 * ''

Australoheros capixaba ''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. This genus was ere ...

'' Ottoni, 2010 * ''

Australoheros charrua ''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. This genus was ere ...

'' Říčan & S. O. Kullander, 2008 * ''

Australoheros facetus ''Australoheros facetus'', the chameleon cichlid or chanchito, is a species of cichlid from the subfamily Cichlasomatinae which is native to northern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and southern Brazil. Description ''Australoheros facetus'' has a hi ...

'' ( Jenyns, 1842) (Chameleon cichlid) * ''

Australoheros forquilha ''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. This genus was ere ...

'' Říčan & S. O. Kullander, 2008 * ''

Australoheros guarani ''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. This genus was ere ...

'' Říčan & S. O. Kullander, 2008 * ''

Australoheros ipatinguensis ''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. This genus was ere ...

'' Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008 * ''

Australoheros kaaygua ''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. This genus was ere ...

'' Casciotta, Almirón &

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, 2006 * ''

Australoheros macacuensis ''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. This genus was ere ...

'' Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008 * '' Australoheros macaensis'' Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008 * '' Australoheros mattosi'' Ottoni, 2012 * '' Australoheros minuano'' Říčan & S. O. Kullander, 2008 * '' Australoheros montanus'' Ottoni, 2012 * ''

Australoheros muriae ''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. This genus was ere ...

'' Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008 * '' Australoheros paraibae'' Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008 * '' Australoheros perdi'' Ottoni,

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, 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, 2013Ottoni, 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.'' * '' Australoheros saquarema'' Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008 * ''

Australoheros scitulus ''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. This genus was ere ...

'' ( Říčan & S. O. Kullander, 2003) * '' Australoheros taura'' Ottoni & Cheffe, 2009 * '' Australoheros tavaresi'' Ottoni, 2012 * '' Australoheros tembe'' ( Casciotta,

& Toresanni, 1995) * '' Australoheros ykeregua'' Říčan, Piáleck, Almirón & Casciotta, 2011

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3558 Heroini Cichlid genera Taxa named by Sven O. Kullander