Family Callichthyidae Gill 1872 (catfish)
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Callichthyidae
Parent taxon: Loricaroidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Deschamps 2005, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Astroblepidae, Loricariidae, Nematogenyidae, Trichomycteridae
Subtaxa: Callichthyinae Callichthys Corydoradinae Corydoras
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
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