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Related FAQs: Juraparoids/Eartheaters, Neotropical Cichlids, Cichlid Fishes, Cichlid Systems, Cichlid Identification, Cichlid Behavior, Cichlid Compatibility, Cichlid Selection, Cichlid Feeding, Cichlid Disease,  Cichlid Reproduction,

Related Articles: Neotropical Cichlids (e.g. Angels, Discus, Eartheaters, Flowerhorns), Angelfish, Discus, Dwarf South American Cichlids, Cichlids of the World, 

/A Diversity of Aquatic Life

Juraparoids, the Earth-eating Cichlids of South America 

By Bob Fenner

Gymnogeophagus balzanii
 
Geophagus altifrons Heckel 1840. To nine inches. South America: Amazon River basin, in tributaries of the Amazon River. http://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=57713&genusname=Geophagus&speciesname=altifrons

Geophagus steindachneri Eigenmann & Hildebrand, 1922 , The Red Hump Eartheater. To about seven-eight inches. South America: Amazon River basin. pH range: 6.5 - 7.0; dH range: 5 - 15. 
http://fishbase.org/Summary/
speciesSummary.php?ID=12372&genusname=
Geophagus&speciesname=steindachneri

Geophagus surinamensis (Bloch 1791), Surinam Eartheater. To six inches in length. South America: Saramacca and Suriname Rivers in Suriname; Marowijne River in Suriname and French Guiana. http://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=4781&genusname=Geophagus&speciesname=surinamensis

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Gymnogeophagus balzanii (Perugia 1891), the Argentine Humphead. South America: Paraná River basin, to 12 cm. pH range 6.0- 8.0, dH 9-18. Aquarium photos of juveniles. http://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=12375&genusname=Gymnogeophagus&speciesname=balzanii



Satanoperca (Geophagus) jurupari (Heckel 1840), Jurupari, Demon Eartheater. To about seven-eight inches. South America: Amazon River basin.
http://fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=11168&genusname=Satanoperca&
speciesname=jurupari









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