Description

Dorsal spines (total): 15 - 16; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 14; Anal spines: 6 - 7; Anal soft rays: 9; Vertebrae: 25 - 26. This species is distinguished from all its congeners mainly by having the following characters: a conspicuous rounded caudal-fin base; two blood red regions on the corners of caudal-fin posterior margin; no conspicuous metallic blotches on anal-fin base; no red pigmented line on dorsal-fin margin; one conspicuous blue iridescence bar on dorsal-margin; 14 pectoral-fin rays; 24-25 proximal radials on dorsal-fin base;13 proximal radials on anal-fin base; anal-fin base squamation beginning at 7th anal-fin spine; and dorsal-fin base squamation beginning between 11th and 12th dorsal-fin spine (Ref. 94124).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Australoheros

Species: Australoheros sanguineus Ottoni, 2013

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

benthopelagic