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Taxon: Suborder Siluroidei Bleeker, 1858 (fish)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Actinopteri - (Order) Siluriformes

Current position

Siluriformes (Order) Bleeker, 1858 Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 67; ECoF(4 Feb 2025); Nelson et al., 2016: fig. (p. 209).

Alternative positions

Cypriniformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 877. [invalid/synonym]

Historical positions

Siluriformes (Order) Bleeker, 1858 Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 67.
Siluriformes (Order) Bleeker, 1858 Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 17-18.
Siluriformes (Order) Bleeker, 1858 Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 218, fig. (p. 209).

Number of Subtaxa

2025 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 33f;334g;1817s;15ss; †1f;2g;2s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 10 Jun 2025 [33f;334g; †1f]
2018 R. van der Laan: 67 [33f; †1f]
2017 R. Betancur-R et al.: 18 [34f]
2016 J.S. Nelson et al.: 238 [32f]
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