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Characiphysae
Taxonomy
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2013 | Characiphysae Betancur et al. |
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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.
Superor. Characiphysae
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Or. Characiformes Regan 1911
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Subor. Characoidei
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Invalid names: Acestrorhynchinae [empty], Heterocharacinae [empty], Roestinae [empty]
Fm. Characidae
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Invalid names: Agoniatinae [empty], Aphyocharacinae [empty], Aphyoditeinae [empty], Bryconinae [empty], Characinae [empty], Cheirodontinae [empty], Clupeacharacinae [empty], Gymnocharacinae [empty], Iguanodectinae [empty], Rhoadsiinae [empty], Stethaprioninae [empty], Stevardiinae [empty], Tetragonopterinae Lundberg 1997 [empty]
Fm. Hemiodontidae
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Fm. Serrasalmidae Günther 1864
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G. Mylossoma Eigenmann and Kennedy 1903
G. Piaractus Eigenmann 1903
Invalid names: Bryconidae [empty], Chalceidae [empty], Characoidea [empty], Chilodontidae Eigenmann 1912 [empty], Crenuchoidea [empty], Ctenoluciidae [empty], Gasteropelecidae [empty], Hepsetidae [empty], Parodontidae [empty], Prochilodontidae [empty], Triportheidae [empty]
G. Miletes Heckel 1849
G. Rhodsia Fowler 1911
Or. Gymnotiformes
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Subor. Sternopygoidei
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Invalid names: Apteronotidae [empty], Rhamphichthyidae [empty], Sternopygidae [empty]
Or. Siluriformes [catfish]
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Fm. †Andinichthyidae Gayet 1988
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Subor. Diplomystoidei
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G. †Eopeyeria Whitley 1947
Subor. Loricaroidei
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Fm. Callichthyidae Gill 1872
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G. Callichthys Linné 1758
Invalid names: Callichthyinae [empty], Corydoradinae [empty]
Fm. Loricariidae Gill 1872
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G. Acanthicus Lundberg 1997
G. Hypostomus Lundberg 1997
Invalid names: Angistrinae [empty], Delturinae [empty], Hypoptopomatinae [empty], Hypotominae [empty], Lithogeneinae [empty], Loricariinae [empty], Neoplecostominae [empty]
Fm. Nematogenyidae Bleeker 1862
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Fm. Trichomycteridae
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Invalid names: Copionodontinae [empty], Glanapteryginae [empty], Sarcoglanidinae [empty], Stegophilinae [empty], Trichogeninae [empty], Trichomycterinae [empty], Tridentinae [empty], Vandelliinae [empty]
Invalid names: Astroblepidae [empty]
G. Selenaspis Bleeker 1858
Subor. Siluroidei Frizzell and Dante 1965
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Fm. Ariidae Berg 1958 [Ariid catfish]
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G. Ariidarum Berg 1958
G. Arius Cuvier and Valenciennes 1840
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†Arius africanus Frost 1926
†Arius amekiensis Frost 1926
†Arius angulatus Frost 1926
†Arius crassus Koken 1884
†Arius germanicus Koken 1891
†Arius hewardbelli White 1926
†Arius kitsoni White 1926
†Arius russi White 1926
†Arius rutschi Casier 1958
†Arius subtilis Schwarzhans and Bratischko 2011
†Arius tenuis Frost 1925
†Arius vangionis Koken 1891
G. Bagre Mitchill 1815
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Bagre marinus Mitchill 1815
Bagre ornatus Aguilera et al. 2020
†Bagre urumacoensis Aguilera and Marceniuk 2018
G. †Cathorops Jordan and Gilbert 1883
G. Plotosus Bloch 1794
G. Tachysurus Lacepede 1804
Fm. Clariidae Bonaparte 1846 [airbreathing catfish]
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G. Clarias Scopoli 1777 [catfish]
G. †Heterobranchus Hilaire 1827
Superfm. Doradoidea
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Fm. Aspredinidae
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Invalid names: Aspredininae [empty], Bunocephalinae [empty], Hoplomyzontinae [empty]
Fm. Ictaluridae Gill 1861 [catfish]
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G. †Astephus Cope 1873
G. Ictalurus Rafinesque 1820
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Subg. Ictalurus (Amiurus) Rafinesque 1820
†Ictalurus countermani Lundberg and Luckenbill 2012
Ictalurus punctatus Rafinesque 1818
†Ictalurus spodius Smith 1987
Fm. Mochokidae Jordan 1923
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G. Synodontis Cuvier 1816 [upside down catfish]
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Synodontis frontosus Vaillant 1895 [Sudan squeaker]
Synodontis schall Bloch and Schneider 1801 [wahrindi]
Fm. Pimelodidae Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1918
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G. Brachyplatystoma Bleeker 1862
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†Brachyplatystoma promagdalena Lundberg 2005
Brachyplatystoma vaillanti Lundberg 1997
G. Phractocephalus Spix and Agassiz 1829 [cajaro]
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†Phractocephalus acreornatus Aguilera et al. 2008 [cajaro]
Phractocephalus hemiliopterus Lundberg 1997
†Phractocephalus nassi Lundberg and Aguilera 2003 [cajaro]
G. Pimelodella Eiganmann 1917
Fm. Siluridae Cuvier 1816
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G. Ameiurus Rafinesque 1820
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†Ameiurus cancellatus Cope 1891
†Ameiurus lavetti Lundberg 1975
†Ameiurus maconnellii Cope 1891
Ictalurus (Amiurus) hazenensis Baumgartner 1982
G. †Pseudeutropius Bleeker 1863
G. †Rhineastes Cope 1872
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†Rhineastes arcuatus Cope 1873
†Rhineastes calvus Cope 1873
†Rhineastes pectinatus Cope 1874
†Rhineastes peltatus Cope 1872
†Rhineastes radulus Cope 1873
Rhineastes rhaeas Cope 1891
†Rhineastes smithii Cope 1872
G. †Silurus Linnaeus 1758
Invalid names: Ichthyophis muelleri Brunner 1954 [nomen dubium]
Superfm. Sisoroidea
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Invalid names: Auchenoglanididae [empty], Erethistidae [empty], Lacantuniidae [empty]
Invalid names: Ailiidae [empty], Akysidae [empty], Amblycipitidae [empty], Anchariidae [empty], Arioidea Bleeker 1862 [empty], Auchenipteridae [empty], Austroglanididae [empty], Chacidae [empty], Clarioidea [empty], Cranoglanididae [empty], Heteropneustidae [empty], Horabagridae [empty], Hypsidoroidea Grande and De Pinna 1998 [empty], Malapteruridae [empty], Pangasiidae [empty], Plotosidae [empty], Pseudopimelodidae [empty], Ritidae [empty], Schilbeidae [empty], Siluriodae [empty]
Invalid names: Cetopsoidei [empty], Doradidae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Reference: Carroll 1988 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Tithonian to the top of the Holocene or 150.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 140.2 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 140.2 Ma
Collections (585 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian | Morocco (Figuig) | Siluriformes indet. (204918 204936 204979) | |
Late/Upper Cenomanian | Egypt | Siluridae indet. (214404) | |
Campanian - Maastrichtian | Sudan (Ash Shamaliyah) | Characiformes indet. (38682) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Utah) | Characiformes indet. (14466) | |
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | France (Languedoc-Roussillon) | Characiformes indet. (74660) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Siluriformes indet., Ariidae indet., Diplomystidae indet. (45087) Siluriformes indet., Diplomystidae indet. (37039 49557) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Brazil (São Paulo) | Siluriformes indet. (32345 56997 57000) Siluriformes indet., Characiformes indet. (230676) | |
Maastrichtian | Niger (Tahoua) | Siluriformes indet. (178660) | |
Maastrichtian | India (Madhya Pradesh) | Siluriformes indet. (75493) | |
Maastrichtian | Argentina (Chubut) | Siluriformes indet. (231292 231598 231610 231633 231641 231642 231650 233617) | |
Maastrichtian | USA (Maryland) | Ariidae indet., Vorhisia sp. (127085) | |
Maastrichtian | India (Maharashtra) | Arius sp. (60397) | |
Maastrichtian | Bolivia (Chuquisaca) | Siluriformes indet. (36234) | |
Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Romania (Alba) | Characiformes indet. (115074) | |
Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Romania (Hunedoara) | Characidae indet. (67811) | |
Lancian | USA (Montana) | Siluriformes indet. (14533) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Brazil (Minas Gerais) | Characiformes indet. (83250) Siluriformes indet. (32346 219556) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (North Dakota) | Vorhisia vulpes (179290 179291 179292 213582 213583 213587 213589 213593 213607 213609 213611 213613) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | India (Rajasthan) | Labridae indet. (93028) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Bolivia (Cochabamba) | Siluriformes indet., Rhineastes sp., Characoidei indet., Tetragonopterinae indet., Andinichthyidae indet., Andinichthys sp. (12855) |