# Australoheros

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Canchito Uruguay.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Australoheros facetus](/source/Australoheros_facetus)''
| taxon = Australoheros
| authority = [Říčan](/source/Old%C5%99ich_%C5%98%C3%AD%C4%8Dan) & [S. O. Kullander](/source/Sven_O._Kullander), 2006
| type_species = ''Chromis facetus''
| type_species_authority = Jenyns, 1842
}}
'''''Australoheros''''' is a fish [genus](/source/genus) in the [cichlid](/source/cichlid) family. Most are restricted to rivers and streams in southeastern [Brazil](/source/Brazil), [Paraguay](/source/Paraguay), [Uruguay](/source/Uruguay) and northeastern [Argentina](/source/Argentina), but at least one species is also found in lakes and swamps.<ref name=fishbaseAfacetus>{{FishBase | genus = Australoheros| species = facetus | month = April | year = 2011 }}</ref> This genus was erected after a [taxonomic](/source/Taxonomy_(biology)) revision in 2006.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ottoni |first1=Felipe |last2=Costa |first2=Wilson |title=Taxonomic revision of the genus ''Australoheros'' RICAN & KULLANDER, 2006 (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with descriptions of nine new species from southeastern Brazil |journal=Vertebrate Zoology |date=2008 |volume=58 |issue=2 |pages=207–232 |doi=10.3897/vz.58.e30934 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>[http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/item.php?news=1904 Nine Australoheros cichlids described in revision] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212155042/http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/item.php?news=1904 |date=December 12, 2008 }}, Practical Fishkeeping, 2008</ref> These are relatively small cichlids that typically do not surpass {{convert|10|-|15|cm|in|0}} in length, although ''A. facetus'' reaches about {{cvt|20|cm|in|0}}.<ref name=fishbaseAfacetus/>

== Species ==
thumb|''Australoheros scitulus''

Four of these species were formerly included in ''[Cichlasoma](/source/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:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Australoheros| month = June | year = 2018}}</ref><ref name=Ottoni2013/>
* ''[Australoheros acaroides](/source/Australoheros_acaroides)'' <small>([R. F. Hensel](/source/Reinhold_Friedrich_Hensel), 1870)</small>
* ''[Australoheros angiru](/source/Australoheros_angiru)'' <small>[Říčan](/source/Old%C5%99ich_%C5%98%C3%AD%C4%8Dan), [Piáleck](/source/Lubom%C3%ADr_Pi%C3%A1lek), [Almirón](/source/Adriana_Edith_Almir%C3%B3n) & [Casciotta](/source/Jorge_Rafael_Casciotta), 2011</small>
* ''[Australoheros autrani](/source/Australoheros_autrani)'' <small>[Ottoni](/source/Felipe_Polivanov_Ottoni) & [W. J. E. M. Costa](/source/Wilson_Jos%C3%A9_Eduardo_Moreira_da_Costa), 2008</small>
* ''[Australoheros autochthon](/source/Australoheros_autochthon)'' <small>(Günther, 1862)</small> 
* ''[Australoheros barbosae](/source/Australoheros_barbosae)'' <small>[Ottoni](/source/Felipe_Polivanov_Ottoni) & [W. J. E. M. Costa](/source/Wilson_Jos%C3%A9_Eduardo_Moreira_da_Costa), 2008</small>
* ''[Australoheros capixaba](/source/Australoheros_capixaba)'' <small>[Ottoni](/source/Felipe_Polivanov_Ottoni), 2010</small>
* ''[Australoheros charrua](/source/Australoheros_charrua)'' <small>[Říčan](/source/Old%C5%99ich_%C5%98%C3%AD%C4%8Dan) & [S. O. Kullander](/source/Sven_O._Kullander), 2008</small>
* ''[Australoheros facetus](/source/Australoheros_facetus)'' <small>([Jenyns](/source/Leonard_Blomefield), 1842)</small> (Chameleon cichlid)
* ''[Australoheros forquilha](/source/Australoheros_forquilha)'' <small>[Říčan](/source/Old%C5%99ich_%C5%98%C3%AD%C4%8Dan) & [S. O. Kullander](/source/Sven_O._Kullander), 2008</small>
* ''[Australoheros guarani](/source/Australoheros_guarani)'' <small>[Říčan](/source/Old%C5%99ich_%C5%98%C3%AD%C4%8Dan) & [S. O. Kullander](/source/Sven_O._Kullander), 2008</small>
* ''[Australoheros ipatinguensis](/source/Australoheros_ipatinguensis)'' <small>[Ottoni](/source/Felipe_Polivanov_Ottoni) & [W. J. E. M. Costa](/source/Wilson_Jos%C3%A9_Eduardo_Moreira_da_Costa), 2008</small>
* ''[Australoheros kaaygua](/source/Australoheros_kaaygua)'' <small>[Casciotta](/source/Jorge_Rafael_Casciotta), [Almirón](/source/Adriana_Edith_Almir%C3%B3n) & [Gómez](/source/Sergio_Enrique_G%C3%B3mez), 2006</small>
* ''[Australoheros macacuensis](/source/Australoheros_macacuensis)'' <small>[Ottoni](/source/Felipe_Polivanov_Ottoni) & [W. J. E. M. Costa](/source/Wilson_Jos%C3%A9_Eduardo_Moreira_da_Costa), 2008</small>
* ''[Australoheros macaensis](/source/Australoheros_macaensis)'' <small>[Ottoni](/source/Felipe_Polivanov_Ottoni) & [W. J. E. M. Costa](/source/Wilson_Jos%C3%A9_Eduardo_Moreira_da_Costa), 2008</small>
* ''[Australoheros mattosi](/source/Australoheros_mattosi)'' <small>[Ottoni](/source/Felipe_Polivanov_Ottoni), 2012</small><ref name = Ottoni2012>{{cite journal |journal=Vertebrate Zoology |volume=62 |issue=1 |year=2012 |pages=83–96 |title=Three new species of ''Australoheros'' from southeastern Brazil, with taxonomic notes on ''Chromys oblonga'', ''Heros autochton'' and ''H. jenynsii'' (Teleostei: Labroidei: Cichlidae) |doi=10.3897/vz.62.e31369 |doi-access=free |url=http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/publikationen/vertebratezoology/vz62-1/04_vertebrate_zoology_62-1_ottoni_83-96.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102032924/http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/publikationen/vertebratezoology/vz62-1/04_vertebrate_zoology_62-1_ottoni_83-96.pdf |archive-date=2014-11-02 |author=Ottoni, Felipe P.}}</ref>
* ''[Australoheros minuano](/source/Australoheros_minuano)'' <small>[Říčan](/source/Old%C5%99ich_%C5%98%C3%AD%C4%8Dan) & [S. O. Kullander](/source/Sven_O._Kullander), 2008</small>
* ''[Australoheros montanus](/source/Australoheros_montanus)'' <small>[Ottoni](/source/Felipe_Polivanov_Ottoni), 2012</small><ref name = Ottoni2012/>
* ''[Australoheros muriae](/source/Australoheros_muriae)'' <small>[Ottoni](/source/Felipe_Polivanov_Ottoni) & [W. J. E. M. Costa](/source/Wilson_Jos%C3%A9_Eduardo_Moreira_da_Costa), 2008</small>
* ''[Australoheros paraibae](/source/Australoheros_paraibae)'' <small>[Ottoni](/source/Felipe_Polivanov_Ottoni) & [W. J. E. M. Costa](/source/Wilson_Jos%C3%A9_Eduardo_Moreira_da_Costa), 2008</small>
* ''[Australoheros perdi](/source/Australoheros_perdi)'' <small>[Ottoni](/source/Felipe_Polivanov_Ottoni), [Lezama](/source/Ant%C3%B4nio_Queiroz_Lezama), [Triques](/source/Mauro_Lu%C3%ADs_Triques), [Fragoso-Moura](/source/Evelise_Nunes_Fragoso-Moura), [C. C. T. Lucas](/source/C%C3%ADnthia_Caroline_Tavares_Lucas) & [F. A. R. Barbosa](/source/Francisco_Ant%C3%B4nio_Rodrigues_Barbosa), 2011</small>
* ''[Australoheros ribeirae](/source/Australoheros_ribeirae)'' <small>[Ottoni](/source/Felipe_Polivanov_Ottoni), [Oyakawa](/source/Osvaldo_Takeshi_Oyakawa) & [W. J. E. M. Costa](/source/Wilson_Jos%C3%A9_Eduardo_Moreira_da_Costa), 2008</small>
* ''[Australoheros robustus](/source/Australoheros_robustus)'' <small>[Ottoni](/source/Felipe_Polivanov_Ottoni) & [W. J. E. M. Costa](/source/Wilson_Jos%C3%A9_Eduardo_Moreira_da_Costa), 2008</small>
* ''[Australoheros sanguineus](/source/Australoheros_sanguineus)'' <small>[Ottoni](/source/Felipe_Polivanov_Ottoni), 2013</small><ref name=Ottoni2013>{{cite journal |last1=Ottoni |first1=Felipe |title=''Australoheros sanguineus'' sp. n. – a new cichlid species from the rio Cubatão basin, southern Brazil (Cichlidae: Heroini) |journal=Vertebrate Zoology |date=2013 |volume=63 |issue=2 |pages=161–169 |doi=10.3897/vz.63.e31423 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* ''[Australoheros saquarema](/source/Australoheros_saquarema)'' <small>[Ottoni](/source/Felipe_Polivanov_Ottoni) & [W. J. E. M. Costa](/source/Wilson_Jos%C3%A9_Eduardo_Moreira_da_Costa), 2008</small>
* ''[Australoheros scitulus](/source/Australoheros_scitulus)'' <small>([Říčan](/source/Old%C5%99ich_%C5%98%C3%AD%C4%8Dan) & [S. O. Kullander](/source/Sven_O._Kullander), 2003)</small>
* ''[Australoheros taura](/source/Australoheros_taura)'' <small>[Ottoni](/source/Felipe_Polivanov_Ottoni) & [Cheffe](/source/Morevy_Moreira_Cheffe), 2009</small>
* ''[Australoheros tavaresi](/source/Australoheros_tavaresi)'' <small>[Ottoni](/source/Felipe_Polivanov_Ottoni), 2012</small><ref name = Ottoni2012/>
* ''[Australoheros tembe](/source/Australoheros_tembe)'' <small>([Casciotta](/source/Jorge_Rafael_Casciotta), [Gómez](/source/Sergio_Enrique_G%C3%B3mez) & [Toresanni](/source/Nelly_I._Toresanni), 1995)</small>
* ''[Australoheros ykeregua](/source/Australoheros_ykeregua)'' <small>[Říčan](/source/Old%C5%99ich_%C5%98%C3%AD%C4%8Dan), [Piáleck](/source/Lubom%C3%ADr_Pi%C3%A1lek), [Almirón](/source/Adriana_Edith_Almir%C3%B3n) & [Casciotta](/source/Jorge_Rafael_Casciotta), 2011</small>

== References ==
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Category:Heroini
Category:Cichlid genera
Category:Cichlid fish of South America
Category:Taxa named by Sven O. Kullander

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