Order Siluriformes (catfish)
Parent taxon: Otophysa according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Arratia 2015, Betancur et al. 2013, Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Cicimurri et al. 2025, 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: Chanoididae, Characiformes, Characiphysae, Characiphysi, Cyprinae, Cypriniformes, Cypriniphysi, Gymnotiformes, Siluriphysi, Sooinichthys
Subtaxa: Andinichthyidae Bachmanniidae Callitrichtyidae Cetopsoidei Diplomystoidei Doradidae Eopeyeria Hypsidoroidei Loricarioidei Selenaspis Siluroidei Vorhisiidae
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore