/siluriformes/auchenipteridae/tympanopleura/cf_rondoni/1.jpg "Tympanopleura cf. rondoni")
Video/siluriformes/auchenipteridae/tympanopleura/cf_rondoni/3.jpg "Tympanopleura cf. rondoni")
Group/siluriformes/auchenipteridae/tympanopleura/cf_rondoni/4.jpg "Tympanopleura cf. rondoni")
/siluriformes/auchenipteridae/tympanopleura/cf_rondoni/5.jpg "Tympanopleura cf. rondoni")
Close-up of head
 All Fishes Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Tympanopleura cf. rondoni |
| Common Name | |
| Etymology | Transliterated from the Greek tympanon, meaning drum, and pleura, meaning side or rib (pleuron), nouns in apposition, in reference to the pseudotympanum. |
| Species Information | |
| 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 | |
| IUCN Red List Category | Not Evaluated |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported in the aquarium. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Last Update | 2022 Mar 07 09:59 (species record created: 2022 Mar 07 09:59) |