Suborder Loricarioidei (catfish)
Alternative spelling: Loricaroidei
Parent taxon: Siluriformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Andinichthyidae, Bachmanniidae, Callitrichtyidae, Cetopsoidei, Diplomystoidei, Doradidae, Eopeyeria, Hypsidoroidei, Selenaspis, Siluroidei, Vorhisiidae
Subtaxa: Astroblepidae Callichthyidae Loricariidae Nematogenyidae Trichomycteridae
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore