Order Siluriformes (catfish)
Parent taxon: Characiphysae according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Arratia 2015, Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Cione 1987, Cvancara and Hoganson 1993, Ebersole et al. 2019, Grande and De Pinna 1998, Long 2011, Martinelli and Forasiepi 2004, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016, Nolf and Dockery 1990, Purdy et al. 2001, Sepkoski 2002 and Weems 1999
Sister taxa: Characiformes, Gymnotiformes
Subtaxa: Andinichthyidae Bachmanniidae Callitrichtyidae Cetopsoidei Diplomystoidei Doradidae Eopeyeria Hypsidoroidei Loricaroidei Selenaspis Siluroidei
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore