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

View classification

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Venezuela (1)

• Miocene of Brazil (1), Colombia (2), Peru (2)

Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences

Show more details