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Siluroidea (disused)

Actinopteri

Taxonomy
Siluroidea is a suborder. It is extant.

It was assigned to Ostariophysi by Estes and Tihen (1964); and to Ostariophysi by Casier (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Siluroidea Estes and Tihen p. 455
1966Siluroidea Casier p. 167

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
—Ostariophysi(Jordan and Evermann 1896)
suborderSiluroidea
suborderSiluroidea

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.

Subor. Siluroidea
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Diagnosis
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