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 erected after a taxonomic 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, 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 <small>(R. F. Hensel, 1870)</small>
- Australoheros angiru <small>Ã
ÂÃÂÃÂan, Piáleck, Almirón & Casciotta, 2011</small>
- Australoheros autrani <small>Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008</small>
- Australoheros autochthon <small>(Günther, 1862)</small>
- Australoheros barbosae <small>Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008</small>
- Australoheros capixaba <small>Ottoni, 2010</small>
- Australoheros charrua <small>Ã
ÂÃÂÃÂan & S. O. Kullander, 2008</small>
- Australoheros facetus <small>(Jenyns, 1842)</small> (Chameleon cichlid)
- Australoheros forquilha <small>Ã
ÂÃÂÃÂan & S. O. Kullander, 2008</small>
- Australoheros guarani <small>Ã
ÂÃÂÃÂan & S. O. Kullander, 2008</small>
- Australoheros ipatinguensis <small>Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008</small>
- Australoheros kaaygua <small>Casciotta, Almirón & Gómez, 2006</small>
- Australoheros macacuensis <small>Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008</small>
- Australoheros macaensis <small>Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008</small>
- Australoheros mattosi <small>Ottoni, 2012</small>
- Australoheros minuano <small>Ã
ÂÃÂÃÂan & S. O. Kullander, 2008</small>
- Australoheros montanus <small>Ottoni, 2012</small>
- Australoheros muriae <small>Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008</small>
- Australoheros paraibae <small>Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008</small>
- Australoheros perdi <small>Ottoni, Lezama, Triques, Fragoso-Moura, C. C. T. Lucas & F. A. R. Barbosa, 2011</small>
- Australoheros ribeirae <small>Ottoni, Oyakawa & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008</small>
- Australoheros robustus <small>Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008</small>
- Australoheros sanguineus <small>Ottoni, 2013</small>
- Australoheros saquarema <small>Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008</small>
- Australoheros scitulus <small>(Ã
ÂÃÂÃÂan & S. O. Kullander, 2003)</small>
- Australoheros taura <small>Ottoni & Cheffe, 2009</small>
- Australoheros tavaresi <small>Ottoni, 2012</small>
- Australoheros tembe <small>(Casciotta, Gómez & Toresanni, 1995)</small>
- Australoheros ykeregua <small>Ã
ÂÃÂÃÂan, Piáleck, Almirón & Casciotta, 2011</small>
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