Australoheros montanus

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 montanus

Name

Australoheros montanus Ottoni, 2012

Holotype: MNRJ 32555, 78.9 mm SL.

Paratypes:

• Rio de Janeiro state: Carmo municipality: MNRJ 17132, 6 (1 C&S), 20.5 – 23.9 mm SL; collected with holotype.
• MNRJ 14691, 2 (1 C&S), 36.2 – 43.3 mm SL; córrego Monte Alegre, tributary of the rio Paquequer, near córrego Bom Sucesso mouth (21° 58’ S / 42º 36’ W); E. Caramaschi & D. Moraes Jr., 06 Aug. 1990.
• MNRJ 14703, 7 (1 C&S), 19.7 – 47.4 mm SL; córrego dos Pereiras, tributary of the rio Paquequer (21º 54’ S / 42º 36’ W); E. Caramaschi & D. Moraes Jr., 06 Aug. 1990.
• MNRJ 14756, 5 (1 C&S), 19.4 – 75.9 mm SL; córrego da Glória, tributary of the rio Paquequer, between córrego Pedra Branca and córrego São José (21º 55’ S / 42º 35’ W); E. Caramaschi & D. Moraes Jr., 02 Aug. 1990.
• MNRJ 14817, 2, 49.1 – 56.2 mm SL; ribeirão Quilombo, rio Paraíba do Sul basin, near Farm Quinta, between Carmo and Cantagalo (21º 49’ S / 42º 27’ W); E. Caramaschi & D. Moraes Jr., 30 Oct. 1988.
• MCP 43130, 1, 28.3 mm SL; córrego da Glória, tributary of the rio Paquequer, between córrego Pedra Branca and córrego São José (21º 55’ S / 42º 35’ W); E. Caramaschi & D. Moraes Jr., 02 Aug. 1990.
• Cantagalo municipality: MNRJ 14686, 4 (1 C&S); 24.4 – 79.4 mm SL, ribeirão Quilombo, rio Paraíba do Sul basin, bridge on locality of Amparo (21º 54’ S / 42º 29’ W); E. Caramaschi & D. Moraes Jr., 02 Oct. 1990.
• Sumidouro municipality: UFRJ 7795, 5, 63.7 – 102.5 mm SL; rio São Francisco, locality of Barra de São Francisco, between Sumidouro and Carmo, street to Eletrofurnas, transversal to RJ- 148, near to farm Paquequer (21° 58’ 36,64” S / 42° 11’ 98” W); F. Ottoni et al., 04 Jun. 2010.
• Sapucaia municipality: UFRJ 7817, 3, 50.2 – 55.5 mm SL; bridge on the rio São Francisco, between Nossa Senhora da Aparecida and the street RJ-154 (22° 01’ 33” S / 42° 47’ 23.93” W, 445 m alt.); F. Ottoni et al., 27 Jul. 2010.
• UFRJ 7856, 3, 54.0 – 61.0 mm SL; rio São Francisco, about 1 km before Nossa Senhora da Aparecida (22° 2’ 2.80” S / 42°47’ 47.28” W); P. Bragança & A. Katz, 12 Aug. 2010.

Type locality: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro state: Carmo, córrego Tanque, tributary of the rio Paraíba do Sul, locality of Passa Três (21º 49’ S / 42º 32’ W); E. Caramaschi & D. Moraes Jr., 29 Oct. 1988.

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].