Australoheros mattosi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cichliformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Cichlomorphae Ordo: Cichliformes

Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Cichlasomatinae
Genus: Australoheros
Species: Australoheros mattosi

Name

Australoheros mattosi Ottoni, 2012

Holotype: UFRJ 0752, 80.4 mm SL.

Paratypes:

Brazil: Minas Gerais state: UFRJ 7755, 1 C&S, 72.1 mm SL; collected with holotype. UFRJ 3227, 1 C&S, 43.0 mm SL; rio do Piolho, rio Acima municipality, between rio Acima and Nova Lima, tributary of the rio das Velhas; M. Pinna & A. Carv alho, 18 May 1985.
MCP 16745, 1, 58.5 mm SL; river on the street BR-040, between Angueretá and Felixlândia (19° 4’ 24” S / 44° 39’ 15” W); R. Reis et al., 12 Jul. 1993.
MZUSP 47388, 1, 92.6 mm SL; Jabuticatubas, córrego Julião, street to Jabuticatuba (19° 32’ 00” S / 43° 44’ 00” W); no information about collectors, 1 Oct. 1997.
MNRJ 21550, 4, 52.9 – 106.3 mm SL; Ouro Branco, córrego Ferreira, rio Paraopeba basin, street Lobo Leite – Ouro Branco (20° 31’ 30” S / 43° 43’ 11” W); P. Buckup et al., 22 Nov. 2000.

Type locality: Brazil: Minas Gerais state: tributary of the rio das Velhas, between Santana do Pirapama and Jequitibá, rio São Francisco basin; W. Costa et al., 14 Mar. 1991.

References

Ottoni, F.P. 2012: Three new species of Australoheros from southeastern Brazil, with taxonomic notes on Chromys oblonga, Heros autochton and H. jenynsii (Teleostei: Labroidei: Cichlidae). Vertebrate zoology, 62 (1): 83–96. [1].