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Sharphead eartheater (Satanoperca acuticeps)
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Sharphead eartheater (Satanoperca acuticeps) specimen
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Cichlidae

Sharphead eartheater

Satanoperca acuticeps

Fish Reaching Seventeen Centimeters in the Brazilian Coast

  • Tropical
  • Lower river
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • South America
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Sharphead eartheater is a freshwater fish from South America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 17 cm.

Family
Cichlidae
Maximum length
17 cm
Water
Freshwater
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.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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