Satanoperca
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| Genus: | Satanoperca Günther, 1862
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| Geophagus daemon Heckel, 1840
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Satanoperca is a small genus of cichlids from South America, where they are known from the Orinoco, Essequibo, Nickerie, Amazon, Paraná and Paraguay river basins.[1] They are part of a group popularly known as eartheaters.
Species
There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Satanoperca acuticeps (Heckel, 1840) (Sharphead eartheater)
- Satanoperca daemon (Heckel, 1840) (Threespot eartheater)
- Satanoperca jurupari (Heckel, 1840) (Demon eartheater)
- Satanoperca leucosticta (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1848)
- Satanoperca lilith S. O. Kullander & E. J. G. Ferreira, 1988
- Satanoperca mapiritensis (Fernández-Yépez, 1950)
- Satanoperca pappaterra (Heckel, 1840) (Pantanal eartheater)
- Satanoperca rhynchitis S. O. Kullander, 2012
References
- ^ Eschmeyer W. "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2007-04-05.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Satanoperca". FishBase. April 2013 version.
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