Family Doradidae (catfish)

Osteichthyes - Siluriformes - Doradidae

Parent taxon: Siluriformes according to J. Lundberg 1997

See also Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Andinichthyidae, Bachmanniidae, Callitrichtyidae, Cetopsoidei, Diplomystoidei, Eopeyeria, Hypsidoroidei, Loricarioidei, Selenaspis, Siluroidei, Vorhisiidae

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Colombia (1 collection), Venezuela (1)

• Miocene of Brazil (1), Colombia (3), Peru (1), Venezuela (1)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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