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Families
3
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Also in the Amazon basinspecies recorded from both

Shares fishes with rivers elsewherespecies recorded from both

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Specimen from the German aquarium trade.

Colomesus asellusAmazon Puffer

Tetraodontidae · Müller & Troschel, 1849

Max length
128mm SL5in SL
Tank
120 × 30cm48 × 12in
Temp
20–26°C68–79°F
pH
5.5–8.0

The Amazon puffer, Colomesus asellus, is a freshwater puffer found throughout much of the Amazon basin, with records north to Guyana and Venezuela. Also traded as the South American puffer or 'SAP', it is told from congeners by a transverse row of dermal flaps across the chin. It lives mostly in well-oxygenated river habitats, is intolerant of organic waste, and forms loose aggregations, so a group of 6 or more is best, away from the general community.

Moderate
Wild specimen from the German aquarium trade.

Hoplisoma juliiJulii Cory

Callichthyidae · (Steindachner, 1906)

Max length
55mm SL2.2in SL
Tank
90 × 30cm36 × 12in
Temp
20–26°C68–79°F
pH
5.5–7.5

The julii cory, Hoplisoma julii, long known as Corydoras julii, is an armoured catfish from coastal river systems south of the Amazon delta in northeastern Brazil. Also known as 'leopard cory' or 'three-lined cory', it is often confused with H. trilineatum from the upper Amazon, and many fish traded as C. julii are that species. H. julii has numerous small, distinct spots on the head, where H. trilineatum has vermiform markings, though some H. trilineatum are spotted too.

Easy
Specimen from the U.S. aquarium trade.

Satanoperca lilith

Cichlidae · Kullander & Ferreira, 1988

Max length
255mm SL10in SL
Tank
210 × 60cm84 × 24in
Temp
20–28°C68–82°F
pH
5.0–7.5

Satanoperca lilith is an eartheater cichlid known only from Brazil, where it is widely distributed along the Solimões/Amazon main channel. Despite that extensive range it is uncommon in the ornamental trade, where it is sometimes called 'one-spotted demon fish' or 'one spot eartheater'. A single dark blotch on the flank separates it from the closely similar S. daemon, which has two.

Difficult