Superfamily Arioidea Bleeker 1862 (catfish)
Parent taxon: Siluroidei according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2019
See also Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Ailiidae, Akysidae, Amblycipitidae, Amphiliidae, Anchariidae, Ariidae, Auchenipteridae, Austroglanididae, Bagridae, Cetopsidae, Chacidae, Clariidae, Clarioidea, Claroteidae, Cranoglanididae, Doradoidea, Heptapteridae, Heteropneustidae, Horabagridae, Hypsidoroidea, Ictaluridae, Malapteruridae, Mochokidae, Pangasiidae, Pimelodidae, Plotosidae, Pseudopimelodidae, Ritidae, Schilbeidae, Siluridae, Siluriodae, Sisoridae, Sisoroidea
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Point A Dam Site (Eocene of Alabama)