# Uaru

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Uaru fernandezyepezi.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Uaru fernandezyepezi](/source/Uaru_fernandezyepezi)''
| image2 = Uaru.jpg
| image2_caption = ''[Uaru amphiacanthoides](/source/Uaru_amphiacanthoides)''
| taxon = Uaru
| authority = [Heckel](/source/Johann_Jakob_Heckel), 1840
| type_species = ''Uaru amphiacanthoides''
| type_species_authority = Heckel, 1840
}}

'''''Uaru''''' is a small [genus](/source/genus) of [cichlids](/source/cichlids) found in [blackwater](/source/Blackwater_river) and [whitewater](/source/Whitewater_river_(river_type)) habitats in the upper [Orinoco](/source/Orinoco) and the [Amazon basin](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Uaru_amphiacanthoides)'' <small>[Heckel](/source/Johann_Jakob_Heckel), 1840</small> (uaru)
* ''[Uaru fernandezyepezi](/source/Uaru_fernandezyepezi)'' <small>[Stawikowski](/source/Ranier_Stawikowski), 1989</small>

==See also==
* [List of freshwater aquarium fish species](/source/List_of_freshwater_aquarium_fish_species)

==References==
{{Wikispecies|Uaru}}
{{Reflist}}

{{Taxonbar|from=Q134059}}

Category:Uaru
Category:Heroini
Category:Cichlid genera
Category:Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel

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