{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Uaru fernandezyepezi.jpg | image_caption = ''Uaru fernandezyepezi'' | image2 = Uaru.jpg | image2_caption = ''Uaru amphiacanthoides'' | taxon = Uaru | authority = Heckel, 1840 | type_species = ''Uaru amphiacanthoides'' | type_species_authority = Heckel, 1840 }}
'''''Uaru''''' is a small genus of cichlids found in blackwater and whitewater habitats in the upper Orinoco and the Amazon basin.<ref name="amcichlidsII">{{cite book |last=Staeck |first=Wolfgang |author2=Linke, Horst |title=American Cichlids II: Large Cichlids: A Handbook for Their Identification, Care, and Breeding |year=1995 |publisher=Tetra Press |location=Germany |isbn=1-56465-169-X }}</ref><ref name=Fishbase/>
==Etymology== The name ''Uaru'' comes from the Amazon word for toad.<ref name=Fishbase/>
==Species== There are currently two recognized species in this genus:<ref name=Fishbase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Uaru| month = April | year = 2013}}</ref> * ''Uaru amphiacanthoides'' <small>Heckel, 1840</small> (uaru) * ''Uaru fernandezyepezi'' <small>Stawikowski, 1989</small>
==See also== * List of freshwater aquarium fish species
==References== {{Wikispecies|Uaru}} {{Reflist}}
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Category:Uaru Category:Heroini Category:Cichlid genera Category:Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel