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Australoheros saquarema Ottoni & Costa, 2008
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Cichlinae
Etymology: Australoheros: From the Latin word 'australis' meaning southern, and the name Heros, after the nominotypic genus of the Heroini tribe. Tribe; saquarema: Named 'saquarema' in reference to the occurrence of this new species in the lagoon system, where it is endemic.
More on authors: Ottoni & Costa.
Etymology: Australoheros: From the Latin word 'australis' meaning southern, and the name Heros, after the nominotypic genus of the Heroini tribe. Tribe; saquarema: Named 'saquarema' in reference to the occurrence of this new species in the lagoon system, where it is endemic.
More on authors: Ottoni & Costa.
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Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
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South America: Rio Mato Grosso basin, sistema lagoa de Saquarema in southeastern Brazil.
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Dorsal spines (total): 16; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Anal spines: 7; Anal soft rays: 9; Vertebrae: 26. Distinguished from other congeners by the combination of the following characters: caudal vertebrae 12; absence of mark on side of head; 14-15 proximal radials on anal-fin base; head with a depression near the snout in individuals above 3.0 cm SL; scales on upper lateral line row 17-18; wide ectopterygoid; arms of epibranchial 2 with two long tubular processes; arm of epibranchial 1 long; and arms of vertical trunk bar 7 with the same width (Ref. 79631).
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Ottoni, F.P. and W.J.E.M. Costa, 2008. Taxonomic revision of the genus Australoheros Rican & Kullander, 2006 (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with descriptions of nine new species from southeastern Brazil. Vertebrate Zoology 58(2):207-232. (Ref. 79631)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 07 November 2018
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Not Evaluated
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