alta, Tympanopleura Eigenmann [C. H.] & Myers [G. S.] in Myers 1928:85 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 10) v. 2 (no. 7); ref. 3100] Iquitos, Río Marañon, Peru. Holotype: CAS 58258 [ex IU 1579]. Paratypes: ?CAS 58259 [ex IU 15977] (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:69 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Tympanopleura alta Eigenmann & Myers 1928 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:14 [ref. 9708], Burgess 1989:286 [ref. 12860]). •Synonym of Ageneiosus brevis Steindachner 1881 -- (Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:471 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:69 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Tympanopleura brevis (Steindachner 1881). Current status: Synonym of Tympanopleura brevis (Steindachner 1881). Auchenipteridae: Auchenipterinae. Habitat: freshwater.