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Clariidae (airbreathing catfish)

Osteichthyes - Siluriformes - Clariidae

Taxonomy
Clariidae was named by Bonaparte (1846). It is extant.

It was assigned to Nematognathii by Jordan (1963); to Siluriformes by Sereno et al. (2008); to Siluroidei by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Clarioidea by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Clariidae Bonaparte
1963Clariidae Jordan p. 649
2008Clariidae Sereno et al.
2013Clariidae Betancur et al.
2016Clariidae Nelson et al. p. 230

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Otomorpha
superorderOstariophysiJordan and Evermann 1896
Otophysa
orderSiluriformes
suborderSiluroidei
familyClariidaeBonaparte 1846
familyClariidaeBonaparte 1846

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Clariidae Bonaparte 1846 [airbreathing catfish]
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G. Clarias Scopoli 1777 [catfish]
G. †Heterobranchus Hilaire 1827
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available