Species that contain: Satanoperca and leucosticta [ 2 ] records

leucostictus, Geophagus Müller [J.] & Troschel [F. H.] 1849:625 [Reisen in Britisch-Guiana; ref. 3072] Probably Rupununi River, Guyana. Holotype (unique): ZMB 2831. Type catalog: Paepke & Schindler 2013:262 [ref. 32895]. •Synonym of Geophagus jurupari Heckel 1840 -- (Gosse 1976:49 [ref. 7029]). •Valid as Satanoperca leucosticta (Müller & Troschel 1849) -- (Kullander & Nijssen 1989:66 [ref. 14136], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:642 [ref. 27061], see DoNascimiento et al. 2017:[27] [ref. 35679], Ota et al. 2018:110 [ref. 35801]). Current status: Valid as Satanoperca leucosticta (Müller & Troschel 1849). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Essequibo River and Nickerie River: Guyana and Suriname. Habitat: freshwater.

macrolepis, Satanoperca Günther [A.] 1862:314 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Demerara, Guyana. Syntypes: (3) BMNH 1962.1.8.1 (1). •Synonym of Geophagus jurupari Heckel 1840 -- (Gosse 1976:50 [ref. 7029]). •Synonym of Satanoperca leucosticta (Müller & Troschel 1849) -- (Kullander & Nijssen 1989:25 [ref. 14136], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:642 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Satanoperca leucosticta (Müller & Troschel 1849). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.