''Australoheros'' is a fish

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in the

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family. Most are restricted to rivers and streams in southeastern

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and northeastern

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, but at least one species is also found in lakes and swamps. This genus was erected after a

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revision in 2006. These are relatively small cichlids that typically do not surpass in length, although ''A. facetus'' reaches about .

Species

Four of these species were formerly included in ''

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, 2006 * '' Australoheros macacuensis'' Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008 * '' Australoheros macaensis'' Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008 * '' Australoheros mattosi'' Ottoni, 2012 * '' Australoheros minuano'' Říčan & S. O. Kullander, 2008 * '' Australoheros montanus'' Ottoni, 2012 * '' Australoheros muriae'' Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008 * '' Australoheros paraibae'' Ottoni & W. J. E. M. Costa, 2008 * '' Australoheros perdi'' Ottoni,

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& Toresanni, 1995) * '' Australoheros ykeregua'' Říčan, Piáleck, Almirón & Casciotta, 2011

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3558 Heroini Cichlid genera Cichlid fish of South America Taxa named by Sven O. Kullander