Satanoperca

Satanoperca
(S. leucosticta)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Geophaginae
Genus: Satanoperca
Günther, 1862
Type species
Geophagus daemon
Heckel, 1840

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]

References

  1. Eschmeyer W. "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2007-04-05.
  2. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Satanoperca in FishBase. April 2013 version.