Australoheros

Australoheros
Australoheros facetus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Cichlasomatinae
Tribe: Heroini
Genus: Australoheros
Rícan and Kullander, 2006
Species

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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 (3.9–5.9 in) in length, although A. facetus reaches about 20 centimetres (7.9 in).[1]

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. The following are currently placed in Australoheros:[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Australoheros facetus" in FishBase. April 2011 version.
  2. ^ Taxonomic revision of the genus Australoheros, Rican & Kullander, 2006
  3. ^ Nine Australoheros cichlids described in revision, Practical Fishkeeping, 2008
  4. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Australoheros in FishBase. April 2011 version.