''Cheirodon australe'' is a species of

fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...

in the family

Characidae Characidae, the characids or characins is a family of freshwater subtropical and tropical fish, belonging to the order Characiformes. The name "characins" is the historical one, but scientists today tend to prefer "characids" to reflect their st ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

. It is found in freshwater environments at a benthopelagic depth range. They are native to a subtropical climate. ''Cheirodon australe'' can reach about 4 cm (1.6 in) as an unsexed male. It is distributed in the Pacific versant basins in southern Chile. Data are insufficient to determine its conservation status.

References

australe Freshwater fish of Chile Fish described in 1928 Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Endemic fauna of Chile {{Characiformes-stub