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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; sanguineus: Name from the Latin sanguineus, meaning blood red, in reference to the two blood red zones on the caudalfin's posterior margin..