Australoheros
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]
- Australoheros acaroides (Hensel, 1870)
- Australoheros autrani Ottoni & Costa, 2008
- Australoheros barbosae Ottoni & Costa, 2008
- Australoheros capixaba Ottoni, 2010
- Australoheros charrua Rícan & Kullander, 2008
- Australoheros facetus (Jenyns, 1842) – Chameleon cichlid
- Australoheros forquilha Rícan & Kullander, 2008
- Australoheros guarani Rícan & Kullander, 2008
- Australoheros ipatinguensis Ottoni & Costa, 2008
- Australoheros kaaygua Casciotta, Almirón & Gómez, 2006
- Australoheros macacuensis Ottoni & Costa, 2008
- Australoheros macaensis Ottoni & Costa, 2008
- Australoheros minuano Rícan & Kullander, 2008
- Australoheros muriae Ottoni & Costa, 2008
- Australoheros paraibae Ottoni & Costa, 2008
- Australoheros ribeirae Ottoni, Oyakawa & Costa, 2008
- Australoheros robustus Ottoni & Costa, 2008
- Australoheros saquarema Ottoni & Costa, 2008
- Australoheros scitulus (Rícan & Kullander, 2003)
- Australoheros taura Ottoni & Cheffe, 2009
- Australoheros tembe (Casciotta, Gómez & Toresanni, 1995)
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Australoheros facetus" in FishBase. April 2011 version.
- ^ Taxonomic revision of the genus Australoheros, Rican & Kullander, 2006
- ^ Nine Australoheros cichlids described in revision, Practical Fishkeeping, 2008
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Australoheros in FishBase. April 2011 version.