Tympanopleura

Genus of fishes

Tympanopleura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Auchenipteridae
Subfamily: Auchenipterinae
Genus: Tympanopleura
C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
Type species
Tympanopleura piperata
C. H. Eigenmann, 1912

Tympanopleura is a genus of driftwood catfishes found mostly in South America with one species extending into Central America.

Species

There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:

  • Tympanopleura atronasus (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888)[1]
  • Tympanopleura brevis (Steindacnher, 1881)[1]
  • Tympanopleura cryptica S. J. Walsh, F. R. V. Ribeiro & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2015[1]
  • Tympanopleura longipinna S. J. Walsh, F. R. V. Ribeiro & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2015[1]
  • Tympanopleura piperata C. H. Eigenmann, 1912[1]
  • Tympanopleura rondoni (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1914)[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Walsh, S.J.; Ribeiro, F.R.V.; Rapp-Py-Daniel, L.H. (2015). "Revision of Tympanopleura Eigenmann (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) with description of two new species" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology. 13 (1): 1–46. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20130220.
Taxon identifiers
Tympanopleura


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