| Satanoperca | |
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| Satanoperca leucosticta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Geophaginae |
| Genus: | Satanoperca Günther, 1862 |
| Species | |
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Satanoperca is a small genus of cichlid fishes from South America, where they are known from the Orinoco, Essequibo, Nickerie, Amazon, Paraná and Paraguay river basins.[1][2] They are part of a group popularly known as eartheaters.
There are currently seven described species of Satanoperca.[2]