Suborder Loricaroidei (catfish)
Alternative spelling: Loricarioidei
Parent taxon: Siluriformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Andinichthyidae, Bachmanniidae, Callitrichtyidae, Cetopsoidei, Diplomystoidei, Doradidae, Eopeyeria, Hypsidoroidei, Selenaspis, Siluroidei
Subtaxa: Astroblepidae Callichthyidae Loricariidae Nematogenyidae Trichomycteridae
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore