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Etymology: Australoheros: From the Latin word 'australis' meaning southern, and the name Heros, after the nominotypic genus of the Heroini tribe.
Tribe; ribeirae: Named for its type locality, Ribeira do Iguape..
More on authors: Ottoni, Oyakawa & Costa.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
South America: endemic to rio Ribeira do Iguape basin in Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 79631)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
spines
(total): 16;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 9-10;
Anal
spines: 6-7;
Anal
soft rays: 8;
Vertebrae: 26. Distinguished from all congeners by the combination of the following characters: dorsal fin with 9-10 rays; anal fin with 6-7 spines and 8 rays; precaudal vertebrae 14; caudal vertebrae 12; total vertebrae 26; longitudinal series scales 24-26; upper lateral line series scales 16-18; head depth 95.4-98.9% HL; last dorsal-fin spine length 16.0-16.8% SL; body depth 47.4-51.3% SL; pelvic fin length 32.4-37.2% SL; predorsal length 47.1-49.6% SL; preorbital depth 64.2-73.3% HL; head width 48.9-53.6% HL; ectopterigoid narrow; process of second vertebra truncate; epibranchial 2 with two long tubular processes; anterior arm of epibranchial 1 long; trunk bars never ventrally forked, trunk bar 5 dorsally unforked, straight connection between trunk bars 5-6 above upper lateral line, dorsal portion of trunk bars 2-4 inclined posteriorly, trunk bar 1 only slightly curved, with anterior margin not expanded; opercle without spots and body side usually red (Ref. 75696).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Ottoni, F.P., O.T. Oyakawa and W.J.E.M. Costa, 2008. A new species of the genus Australoheros from the rio Ribeira do Iguape basin, São Paulo, Brazil (Labroidei: Cichlidae: Cichlasomatinae). Vertebrate Zoology 58(1):75-81. (Ref. 75696)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).