Family Auchenipteridae (catfish)
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Auchenipteridae
Parent taxon: Siluroidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Ailiidae, Akysidae, Amblycipitidae, Amphiliidae, Anchariidae, Ariidae, Arioidea, 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
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Auchenipteridae in the database