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Suborder Loricarioidei (catfish)

Osteichthyes - Siluriformes

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

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

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