Full reference: D. L. Frizzell and J. H. Dante. 1965. Otoliths of some early Cenozoic fishes of the Gulf Coast. Journal of Paleontology 39(4):687-718
Parent taxon: Siluriformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Ebersole et al. 2019, Grande and De Pinna 1998 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Andinichthyidae, Bachmanniidae, Callitrichtyidae, Cetopsoidei, Diplomystoidei, Doradidae, Eopeyeria, Hypsidoroidei, Loricarioidei, Selenaspis, Vorhisiidae
Subtaxa: Ailiidae Akysidae Amblycipitidae Amphiliidae Anchariidae Ariidae Arioidea Auchenipteridae Austroglanididae Bagridae Cetopsidae Chacidae Clariidae Clarioidea Claroteidae Cranoglanididae Doradoidea Heptapteridae Heteropneustidae Horabagridae Hypsidoroidea Ictaluridae Malapteruridae Mochokidae Pangasiidae Pimelodidae Plotosidae Pseudopimelodidae Ritidae Schilbeidae Siluridae Siluriodae Sisoridae Sisoroidea
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore