New Satanoperca

[Bojan Dolenc]

Kullander, S.O. (2012): A taxonomic review of Satanoperca (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from French Guiana, South America, with description of a new species. Cybium: Fishes of the Guianas, 36 (1): 247-262.
http://www.mnhn.fr/sfi/cybium/homecybiumgb.html

[Piotr Koba]

Thank you Bojan. Any hint on which species has been described?

[Nuchal Man]

I heard he was working on describing Satanoperca sp. "red lip". However, I don't have the paper so can't confirm. Would love it if someone gets a copy.

Sam

[Bojan Dolenc]

Satanoperca sp. "Red Lip" from French Guyana

There is also another species Satanoperca sp. "Orange Lip" from Rio Madre dos Dios in Peru, do not confuse them.

[DRE]

Really interesting what is the difference between orange lip and red lip? Haven't heard about that before

[DRE]

I have a precopy just now and it looks great. Not allowed to distribute.

[Bojan Dolenc]

Some notes from previous Satanoperca work*: "Besides the described species in this clade, several authors have suggested putative undescribed species based on subtle morphological variation. Two of the most distinct are Satanoperca sp. “Negro-Alto Orinoco” from the upper Negro and upper Orinoco Rivers in Venezuela (S.O. Kullander, pers. com. to H. López-Fernández and D.C. Taphorn) and Satanoperca sp. “red lips” from southeastern drainages of the Guyanas and Amapa in Brazil (Araguari, Amapa Grande, Oiapoque) (Weidner, 2000).
In the case of our putative samples of Satanoperca sp. “red lips” from the Araguari River in Amapa, we saw no sharing of haplotypes from this locality with fishes from other localities of nominal S. jurupari or S. leucosticta (both geographically adjacent species), a pattern that at face value could imply genetic distinctness..."

* = from Species-level phylogeny of ‘Satan’s perches’ based on discordant gene trees (Teleostei: Cichlidae: Satanoperca). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Available online 1 March 2012.

[Bojan Dolenc]

Lee Newman wrote (1998):
" How many Species of Speckled-Faced Demonfish?

Of the demonfish, S. leucosticta has undoubtedly become the most popular, due in no small part to its general availability, ease of maintenance and interesting reproductive behavior. However, are the various forms of speckled-faced demonfish S. leucosticta or separate species? Could the situation for S. leucosticta be the same as for the Mesonauta complex or perhaps the Geophagus (sensu Kullander) complex where each major drainage has its own species? Do these "geographical variants" all share a common reproductive modality?

For aquarists to be of any assistance to science in answering these and other questions, we, as a group, must provide as much information as possible about the demonfish we are keeping and spawning. Every time one commits an experience to print, information such as the origin of the fish as well as a description of the color pattern, or perhaps a color photograph, may be of assistance in determining the relationships within this S. leucosticta complex of "geographical variants.""

[Rafael.]

Hi all.

Currently only the name of the species: Satanoperca rhynchitis Kullander, 2012

I don't have the paper yet.

[Rico Morgenstern]

Keep cool guys! Why, for God's sake, don't you wait untlil someone here has seen the work....

[cichla]

here is the abstract. It is the 'red lip' Satanoperca.
http://www.mnhn.fr/sfi/cybium/numeros/3 ... 5D-Abs.pdf