Satanoperca
| Satanoperca | |
|---|---|
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| (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]
- 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, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Satanoperca in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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