Family Plotosidae (catfish)

Osteichthyes - Siluriformes - Plotosidae

Parent taxon: Siluroidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013

See also Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: 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, Pseudopimelodidae, Ritidae, Schilbeidae, Siluridae, Siluriodae, Sisoridae, Sisoroidea

Subtaxa: Plotosus

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Type: Plotosus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Jamaica (1)

• Miocene of Venezuela (1)

• Eocene of United States (2: Texas)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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