Tympanopleura brevis
Steindachner, 1881
brevis (lat.) - short; probably because of the length of the head
Synonyms
Ageneiosus brevis
Ageneiosus madeirensis
Ageneiosus rondoni
Slopehead Catfish
Tympanopleura alta
Ageneiosus madeirensis
Ageneiosus rondoni
Slopehead Catfish
Tympanopleura alta
Length (total)
approx. 16 cm
Standard length (documented)
109.0 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
microcrustaceans, rotifers (Rotifera), inverbrates (invertebrates )
decapod (Decapoda), small fishes
Eats plants
not known
unknown
(31 -) 32 - 34 (- 36) soft rays
8 + 9 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
II / 6 rays
(10 -) 11 (- 12) soft rays
8 + 9 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
II / 6 rays
(10 -) 11 (- 12) soft rays
On the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 471
- Seidel, Ingo: "Ein kleiner Trugdornwels aus Brasilien"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Dezember 2014 / Januar 2015)
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1882 "Kenntniss der Flussfische Südamerika´s III." (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe., Vol. 44, P. 16)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 69)
- Ribeiro, F.R.V. & Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H., 2010 "Ageneiosus uranophthalmus, a new species of auchenipterid catfish (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes) from river channels of the central Amazon basin, Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 8 No. 1, P. 102)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 115)
- Walsh, S.J.; Vasconcelos Ribeiro, F.R. & Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H., 2015 "Revision of Tympanopleura Eigenmann (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) with description of two new species" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 13 No. 1, P. 19)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 86)
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