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Preto da Eva

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Species
3
Families
3
Photographed
3 of 3
Difficulty rated
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Basin

Also in the Amazon basinspecies recorded from both

Shares fishes with rivers elsewherespecies recorded from both

Runs through

Subadult individuals.

Boulengerella maculata

Ctenoluciidae · Valenciennes, 1850

Max length
329mm SL13in SL
Tank
240 × 90cm96 × 36in
Temp
22–28°C72–82°F
pH
5.0–7.5

Boulengerella maculata is a pelagic ctenoluciid found throughout much of the Amazon, Orinoco and Tocantins river systems. Colour pattern varies considerably, with some specimens much paler than others, and this may be correlated with water type. Random dark spots on the upper body, and a dark stripe only behind the eye when one is present, separate it from the similar B. lateristriga. It reaches 329 mm SL and needs an aquarium with base dimensions of 240 by 90 cm or more.

Difficult
Female specimen from the UK aquarium trade.

Centromochlus reticulatusReticulated Driftwood Catfish

Auchenipteridae · Mees, 1974

Max length
27mm SL1.1in SL
Tank
60 × 30cm24 × 12in
Temp
22–28°C72–82°F
pH
5.0–7.5

The reticulated driftwood catfish, Centromochlus reticulatus, is a small auchenipterid first known from the upper Rupununi River basin in Guyana. Its secretive, mostly nocturnal habits mean it may have been overlooked elsewhere, and it has been recorded from the rio Preto da Eva near Manaus, Brazil. Sometimes traded as 'purple oil catfish', it is highly gregarious and ideally kept in groups of at least eight.

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