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Siluriformes  
Taxonomic Serial No.: 163992

 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Order  
  Synonym(s): Nematognathi Gill, 1861
  
  Common Name(s): catfishes [English]
  
    silures [French]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete    
  Latest Record Review: 2005    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          SuperclassOsteichthyes  -- bony fishes, osteíceto, peixe ósseo, poissons osseux  
             ClassActinopterygii  -- poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées, ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes  
                SubclassNeopterygii  -- neopterygians  
                   InfraclassTeleostei   
                      SuperorderOstariophysi   
                         OrderSiluriformes  -- catfishes, silures  
    Direct Children:  
                            Family Akysidae Gill, 1861 -- stream catfishes 
                            Family Amblycipitidae Day, 1873 -- torrent catfishes 
                            Family Amphiliidae Regan, 1911 -- loach catfishes 
                            Family Ariidae Bleeker, 1862 -- bagres marinos, fork-tailed catfishes, poissons-chats marins, sea catfishes 
                            Family Aspredinidae  -- banjo catfishes 
                            Family Astroblepidae Bleeker, 1862 -- climbing catfishes, naked sucker-mouth catfishes 
                            Family Auchenipteridae Bleeker, 1862 -- driftwood catfishes 
                            Family Bagridae Bleeker, 1858 -- bagrid catfishes, naked catfishes 
                            Family Callichthyidae Bonaparte, 1838 -- armored catfishes, callichthyid armored catfishes, coridoras, mailed catfishes, plated catfishes, poissons-chats cuirassés 
                            Family Cetopsidae Bleeker, 1858 -- whale catfishes, whalelike catfishes 
                            Family Chacidae Bleeker, 1858 -- angler catfishes, frogmouth catfishes, squarehead catfishes 
                            Family Clariidae Bonaparte, 1846 -- airbreathing catfishes, bagres laberintos, labyrinth catfishes, poissons-chats à labyrinths 
                            Family Cranoglanididae Myers, 1931 -- armorhead catfishes, armoured catfishes 
                            Family Diplomystidae Eigenmann, 1890 -- diplomystid catfishes, velvet catfishes 
                            Family Doradidae Bleeker, 1858 -- bagres sierra, poissons-chats épineux, thorny catfishes 
                            Family Erethistidae Bleeker, 1862  
                            Family Heptapteridae Gill, 1861 -- heptapterids 
                            Family Heteropneustidae Hora, 1936 -- airsac catfishes 
                            Family Hypophthalmidae  -- lookdown catfishes, loweye catfishes 
                            Family Ictaluridae Gill, 1861 -- bagres de agua dulce, barbottes, barbottes et barbues, barbues, bullhead catfishes, North American catfishes, North American freshwater catfishes 
                            Family Lacantuniidae Rodiles-Hernández, Hendrickson and Lundberg, 2005  
                            Family Loricariidae Rafinesque, 1815 -- armored catfishes, loricariidés, plecóstomas, suckermouth armored catfishes, suckermouth catfishes 
                            Family Malapteruridae Bleeker, 1858 -- electric catfishes 
                            Family Mochokidae Jordan, 1923 -- naked catfishes, squeakers, upside-down catfishes 
                            Family Nematogenyidae Eigenmann, 1927 -- mountain catfishes 
                            Family Olyridae   
                            Family Pangasiidae Bleeker, 1858 -- giant catfishes 
                            Family Parakysidae Roberts, 1989  
                            Family Pimelodidae  -- flat-hosed catfishes, juiles, long-whiskered catfishes, longwhiskered catfishes, poissons-chats à longues moustaches 
                            Family Plotosidae Bleeker, 1858 -- coral catfishes, eel catfishes, eeltail catfishes, stinging catfishes 
                            Family Pseudopimelodidae Fernández-Yépez and Martín, 1953 -- bumblebee catfishes, dwarf marbled catfishes 
                            Family Schilbeidae  -- glass catfishes, schilbid catfishes 
                            Family Scoloplacidae Bailey and Baskin, 1976 -- spiny dwarf catfishes 
                            Family Siluridae Cuvier, 1816 -- freshwater catfishes, sheatfishes 
                            Family Sisoridae Bleeker, 1858 -- sisorid catfishes, sucker catfishes 
                            Family Trichomycteridae Bleeker, 1858 -- parasitic catfishes, pencil catfishes 
       
                          OrderSiluriformes  incertae sedis  
    Children with Uncertain Position:  
                            Genus Conorhynchos Bleeker, 1858  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Wayne C. Starnes  
  Notes: Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA   
  Reference for: Siluriformes   
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: silures [French]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Siluriformes   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Siluriformes   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Siluriformes   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29   
  Page(s): ix + 386   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-61-1, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams   
  Reference for: Siluriformes   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.  
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Siluriformes, catfishes   
       

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