''Tympanopleura'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
driftwood catfish
The driftwood catfishes are catfishes of the family Auchenipteridae. The two genera of the former family Ageneiosidae have been placed here, resulting in a grouping of about 125 species in about 22 genera.
These fish are found in rivers from Pan ...
es found mostly in
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...
with one species extending into
Central America
Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Central America is usually ...
.
Species
There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Tympanopleura atronasus''
( C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888)[
* '' Tympanopleura brevis'' ( Steindacnher, 1881)][
* '' Tympanopleura cryptica'' S. J. Walsh, F. R. V. Ribeiro & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2015][
* '' Tympanopleura piperata'' C. H. Eigenmann, 1912][
* '' Tympanopleura rondoni'' ( A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1914)][
]
References
Auchenipteridae
Driftwood catfish of Brazil
*
Catfish genera
Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann
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