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Scientific Name Satanoperca jurupari  (Heckel, 1840)
Common Names Jurupari Eartheater
Demon Eartheater, Teufelsangel (Germany)
Type Locality Mouth of Rio Negro in Amazon River, Brazil.
Etymology The specific epithet, jurupari, is a local name for the devil.
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Size 185mm or 7.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution South America: Amazon River basin, from Peru, Ecuador and Colombia to the mouth of Amazon River, in Amapá (Brazil), and eastern French Guiana, also in the Bolivian Amazon drainage except the Guaporé River.
Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Negro (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Upper Amazon, Marañón, Ucayali (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there)
La Plata, Paraná, Paraguay, Upper Paraguay (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
pH 5.3 - 7.5
Temperature 24.0-28.0°C or 75.2-82.4°F (Show species within this range)
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte v. 2, pp 392.
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Last Update 2020 Oct 28 13:23 (species record created: 2010 Dec 08 08:46)