Loricarioidea

Loricarioidea
Temporal range: 58.5–0 Ma[1] Late Paleocene–PresentPossible Cenomanian record[2]
Pterygoplichthys sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Superfamily: Loricarioidea
Rafinesque, 1815
Families

(Amphiliidae)
Astroblepidae
Callichthyidae
Loricariidae
Nematogenyiidae
Scoloplacidae
Trichomycteridae

Loricarioidea is a superfamily of catfishes (order Siluriformes). It contains the six families Trichomycteridae, Nematogenyiidae, Callichthyidae, Scoloplacidae, Astroblepidae, and Loricariidae. Some schemes also include Amphiliidae. This superfamily, including Amphiliidae, includes about 156 genera and 1,187 species.[3]

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