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- catfishes
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Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Deuterostomia - deuterostomes
............................Phylum Chordata - chordates
..............................Subphylum Vertebrata - vertebrates
................................Infraphylum Gnathostomata - jawed vertebrates
..................................Class Osteichthyes
....................................Subclass Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes
......................................Infraclass Actinopteri
........................................Superdivision Neopterygii
..........................................Division Halecostomi
............................................Subdivision Teleostei
..............................................Infradivision Elopocephala
................................................Cohort Clupeocephala
..................................................Subcohort Otocephala
....................................................Division Ostariophysi
......................................................Order Characiformes
......................................................Order Cypriniformes
......................................................Order Gonorynchiformes
......................................................Order Gymnotiformes - knifefishes
......................................................(Order Gonorhynchiformes)
......................................................Order Siluriformes - catfishes
........................................................Genus †Titanoglanis
........................................................Family Ageneiosidae - bottlenose catfishes
........................................................Family Akysidae - stream catfishes
........................................................Family Amblycipitidae - torrent catfishes
........................................................Family Amphiliidae - loach catfishes
........................................................Family Anchariidae
........................................................Family †Andinichthyidae
........................................................Family Ariidae - sea catfishes
........................................................Family Aspredinidae - banjo catfishes
........................................................Family Astroblepidae - climbing catfishes
........................................................Family Auchenipteridae - auchenipterid catfishes
........................................................Family Bagridae - bagrid catfishes
........................................................Family Callichthyidae - callichthyid armored catfishes
........................................................Family Cetopsidae - whalelike catfishes
........................................................Family Chacidae - squarehead catfishes
........................................................Family Clariidae - airbreathing catfishes
........................................................Family Claroteidae
........................................................Family Cranoglanididae - armorhead catfishes
........................................................Family Diplomystidae - diplomystid catfishes
........................................................Family Doradidae - thorny catfishes
........................................................Family Erethistidae
........................................................Family Helogeneidae - helogeneid catfishes
........................................................Family Heptapteridae
........................................................Family Heteropneustidae - airsac catfishes
........................................................Family Hypophthalmidae - loweye catfishes
........................................................Family Ictaluridae - North American freshwater catfishes
........................................................Family Lacantuniidae
........................................................Family Malapteruridae - electric catfishes
........................................................Family Mochokidae - squeakers and upside-down catfishes
........................................................Family Olyridae - olyrid catfishes
........................................................Family Pangasiidae - pangasid catfishes
........................................................Family Parakysidae - parakysid catfishes
........................................................Family Pimelodidae - long-whiskered catfishes
........................................................Family Plotosidae - eeltail catfishes
........................................................Family Pseudopimelodidae - bumblebee catfishes
........................................................Family Schilbeidae - schilbeid catfishes
........................................................Family Siluridae - sheatfishes
........................................................Family Sisoridae - sisorid catfishes
........................................................Family Trichomycteridae - parasitic catfishes and candirus
........................................................Suborder Loricarioidei
........................................................»Family Loricariidae - suckermouth armored catfishes
........................................................»Family Scoloplacidae - spiny dwarf catfishes
........................................................(Family Argidae)
........................................................(Family Helogenidae)
........................................................(Family Pygidiidae)
........................................................(Family Schilbidae)
Paleontology
Geologic time
:
Late Cretaceous
-
Present
Ref:
R.L. Mayden, 2008
: 11 Apr 2008
Geography
Geographic region
:
Africa
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Asia
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Australian Region
Geographic region
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Central America
Geographic region
:
Indian Ocean
Geographic region
:
South America
Ecology/Habitat
Habitat
:
Brackish
Habitat
:
Freshwater
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012