Subfamily Hypoptopomatinae (catfish)
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Loricariidae
Parent taxon: Loricariidae according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acanthicus, Angistrinae, Delturinae, Hypostomus, Hypotominae, Lithogeneinae, Loricariinae, Neoplecostominae, Taubateia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hypoptopomatinae in the database