| Tympanopleura | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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)
- Tympanopleura brevis (Steindacnher, 1881)
- Tympanopleura cryptica S. J. Walsh, F. R. V. Ribeiro & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2015
- Tympanopleura longipinna S. J. Walsh, F. R. V. Ribeiro & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2015
- Tympanopleura piperata C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
- Tympanopleura rondoni (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1914)
References
- ^ 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.
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| Tympanopleura | |
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