Cheirodon australe

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Manosalva, A. |year=2023 |title=Cheirodon australe |volume=2023 |page=e.T4594A176559301 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T4594A176559301.en |access-date=23 January 2025}}

| genus = Cheirodon

| species = australe

| authority = C. H. Eigenmann, 1928{{ITIS|title=Cheirodon australe Eigenmann, 1928|id=640780|access-date=17 August 2013}}{{cite web|title=Cheirodon australe Eigenmann 1928|url=http://www.fishwise.co.za/Default.aspx?TabID=110&GenusSpecies=Cheirodon_australe&SpecieConfigId=199821|publisher=Fish Wise|access-date=17 August 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201094741/http://www.fishwise.co.za/Default.aspx?TabID=110&GenusSpecies=Cheirodon_australe&SpecieConfigId=199821|archive-date=1 February 2014}}

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Cheirodon australe is a species of fish in the family Characidae endemic to Chile. It is found in freshwater environments at a benthopelagic depth range. They are native to a subtropical climate.{{FishBase |Cheirodon|australe|id=10390 |month=August|year=2013}}

Cheirodon australe can reach about {{cvt|4|cm}} as an unsexed male. It is distributed in the Pacific versant basins in southern Chile.{{EOL|218433|Cheirodon australe|access-date=17 August 2013}}