Family Callichthyidae Gill 1872 (catfish)

Osteichthyes - Siluriformes - Callichthyidae

Parent taxon: Loricaroidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013

See also Deschamps 2005, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Astroblepidae, Loricariidae, Nematogenyidae, Trichomycteridae

Subtaxa: Callichthyinae Callichthys Corydoradinae Corydoras

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections)

• Pliocene of Venezuela (1)

• Miocene of Brazil (1), Colombia (2), Peru (2)

Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences

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