Tympanopleura piperatus
Eigenmann, 1912
(Type species)
piper (lat.) - pepper, because of the fine pigmentation of the body
Synonyms
Ageneiosus piperata
Ageneiosus piperatus
Duck-billed Glass Cat
Slopehead Catfish
Ageneiosus piperatus
Duck-billed Glass Cat
Slopehead Catfish
Length (total)
approx. 6 cm
Standard length (documented)
47.5 mm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
present
(31 -) 34 - 36 (- 38) soft rays
(14 -) 6-8 + 8-9 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
top and bottom approximately the same length
II / 5 - 6 rays
(6 -) 8 - 9 (- 10) soft rays
7 soft rays
(31 -) 34 - 36 (- 38) soft rays
(14 -) 6-8 + 8-9 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
top and bottom approximately the same length
II / 5 - 6 rays
(6 -) 8 - 9 (- 10) soft rays
7 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
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
13/September/2017
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 472
- Eigenmann, C.H., 1912 "The freshwater fishes of British Guiana, including a study of the ecological grouping of species, and the relation of the fauna of the plateau to that of the lowlands" (Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, Vol. 5, P. 203)
- Ibarra, M. & Stewart, D.J., 1987 "Catalogue of type specimens of recent fishes in Field Museum of Natural History" (Field Museum of Natural History, Vol. 35, P. 84)
- Galvis, G.; Mojica, J.I.; Doque, S.R.; Castellanos, C.; Sánchez-Duarte, P.; Arce, M.; Gutiérrez, Á.; Jiménez, L.F.; Santos, M.; Vejarano, S.; Arbeláez, F.; Prieto, E. & Leiva,, 2006 "Peces del medio Amazonas - Región de Leticia" (Conservación Internacional, P. 263)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 70)
- 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. 103)
- 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)
- 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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for the pictures
Eigenmann, Carl H. (PD)
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