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Scientific Name	**Tympanopleura piperata** Eigenmann, 1912
Common Name	Slopehead Catfish
Type Locality	Crab Falls, Essequibo River, Guyana.
Synonym(s)	Ageneiosus piperata
Etymology	Transliterated from the Greek tympanon, meaning drum, and pleura, meaning side or rib (pleuron), nouns in apposition, in reference to the pseudotympanum. The specific epithet is derived from the Latin piper, meaning pepper, in reference to the finely stippled pigmentation pattern on the body.
Species Information
Size	48mm or 1.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Both Tympanopleura and Ageneiosus do not have obvious, permanent barbles. The two genera can be externally distinguished in that Tympanopleura has a prominent pseudotympanum consisting of an area on the side of the body devoid of epaxial musculature where the gas bladder contacts the internal coelomic wall; are shorter, blunter headed without greatly elongated jaws; and have a smaller adult body size.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Essequibo and upper Negro rivers near confluence of Branco River. Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Negro (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Essequibo (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) La Plata, Paraná (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map.
IUCN Red List Category	Not Evaluated
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 5 (no. 1), pp 203, Pl. 20 (fig. 3).
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Last Update	2023 Feb 26 08:07 (species record created: 2005 Aug 07 00:00)