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Scientific Name Satanoperca acuticeps  (Heckel, 1840)
Common Name Sharphead Eartheater
Type Locality Manaus, Brazil.
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Size 170mm or 6.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution South America: Amazon River basin, in the Branco, lower Negro, and along the Solimões-Amazon rivers in Brazil between the Tocantins and the lower Trombetas rivers.
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes) (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Negro, Lower Negro (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Negro, Lower Negro, Branco (Roraima) (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 2018.
Temperature 24.0-26.0°C or 75.2-78.8°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 394.
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Last Update 2013 Jul 24 14:55 (species record created: 2013 May 04 22:22)