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Jurupari

Satanoperca jurupari (Heckel, 1840)

Status not recordedbony fish

The jurupari (Satanoperca jurupari) is a species in the family Cichlidae, order Cichliformes.

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Quick facts about the jurupari

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the jurupari live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the jurupari as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Singapore

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the jurupari endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the jurupari classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCichliformes
  5. familyCichlidae
  6. genusSatanoperca
  7. SpeciesSatanoperca jurupari (Heckel, 1840)

Synonyms Geophagus jurupari, Satanoperca jurapari

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Demon eartheaterEnglish
  • Earth-eaterEnglish
  • Jurupari earth eaterEnglish
  • perleťovka velkohlaváCzech
  • DæmonfiskDanish
  • pronssitonkijaFinnish
  • Poisson diableFrench
  • Acará-chibantePortuguese
  • Сатаноперка-хурупариRussian
  • Poisson-diableFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the jurupari

Other species in the same genus Satanoperca.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the jurupari an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the jurupari as introduced in 1 country: Singapore, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the jurupari?

The jurupari (Satanoperca jurupari) belongs to the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Jurupari (Satanoperca jurupari). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/jurupari

MLA

“Jurupari (Satanoperca jurupari).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/jurupari.

BibTeX
@misc{jurupari_2026,
  title = {Jurupari (Satanoperca jurupari)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/jurupari},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}