Original description:
- Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1862. "Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii, Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum". Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum London. 4:i-xxi + 1-534 (crc00035)
Type species: Geophagus daemon Heckel, 1840 (subsequent designation).
Described species included (11):
valid: 10 synonym: 1- Geophagus jurupari Heckel, 1840 (valid)
- Geophagus acuticeps Heckel, 1840 (valid)
- Geophagus daemon Heckel, 1840 (valid)
- Geophagus pappaterra Heckel, 1840 (valid)
- Geophagus leucostictus Müller & Troschel, 1849 (valid)
- Satanoperca macrolepis Günther , 1862 (synonym)
- Geophagus mapiritensis Fernández Yépez, 1950 (valid)
- Satanoperca lilith Kullander & Ferreira, 1988 (valid)
- Satanoperca rhynchitis Kullander, 2012 (valid)
- Satanoperca curupira Ota, Kullander, Deprá, Graça & Pavanelli, 2018 (valid)
- Satanoperca setepele Ota, Deprá, Kullander, da Graça & Pavanelli, 2021 (valid)