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Callichthyidae

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Callichthyidae

Taxonomy
Callichthyidae was named by Gill (1872). It is extant.

It was assigned to Siluriformes by Gill (1872); to Nematognathii by Jordan (1963); and to Loricaroidei by Betancur et al. (2013) and Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Callichthyidae Gill
1963Callichthyidae Jordan p. 652
2013Callichthyidae Betancur et al.
2016Callichthyidae Nelson et al. p. 214

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
—Ostariophysi(Jordan and Evermann 1896)
—Otophysa
superorderCharaciphysae
orderSiluriformes
suborderLoricaroidei
familyCallichthyidaeGill 1872
familyCallichthyidaeGill 1872

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. Callichthyidae Gill 1872
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G. Callichthys Linné 1758
G. Corydoras Lacépède 1803
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†Corydoras revelatus Cockerell 1936
Invalid names: Callichthyinae [empty], Corydoradinae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:43:11
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:34:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia (La Guajira) C. sp. (166506)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Colombia (Guajira) Callichthyidae indet. (190376)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Peru (Loreto) Callichthyidae indet. (224007 224009)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Brazil (Acre) Callichthyidae indet. (55602)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela (Falcon) Callichthyidae indet. (122033)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Argentina (Buenos Aires) Callichthys callichthys, Corydoras paleatus (63335)