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Monophyletic taxon:
Family
Schilbeidae
Bleeker, 1858
- schilbeid catfishes
(fish)
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Entity:
Siluroidei (Suborder)
..Ailiidae (Family) - Asian schilbeids
..Amphiliidae (Family) - loach catfishes
..Arioidea (Superfamily)
..Auchenoglanididae (Family) - flatnose catfishes
..Austroglanididae (Family) - rock catlets
..Bagridae (Family) - bagrid catfishes
..Chacidae (Family) - squarehead catfishes
..Clarioidea (Superfamily)
..Claroteidae (Family) - grunter catfishes
..Doradoidea (Superfamily)
..Horabagridae (Family) - imperial catfishes
..Ictaluroidea (Superfamily)
..Kryptoglanidae (Family) - Indian cave catfishes
..Lacantuniidae (Family) - Lacantún catfishes
..Malapteruridae (Family) - electric catfishes
..Mochokidae (Family) - squeakers and upside-down catfishes
..Pangasiidae (Family) - pangasid catfishes
..Pimelodoidea (Superfamily)
..Plotosidae (Family) - eeltail catfishes
..Ritidae (Family) - velvet catfishes
..Siluridae (Family) - sheatfishes
..Sisoroidea (Superfamily)
..Schilbeidae (Family) - schilbeid catfishes
....Irvineia (Genus)
....Parailia (Genus)
....Pareutropius (Genus)
....Schilbe (Genus)
....Siluranodon (Genus)
Attributes
Imperfect name (orth. inval.: orth. imperf.) [ICZN]
Ref:
G.C. Steyskal, 1980.
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.
93
(1)
: 174.
Types
Type
:
Schilbe
(Genus)
Oken, 1817
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 20 May 2025; [<10 Jun 2025].
[inferred]
Variants
Correct spelling
:
Schilbidae
(Family)
Bleeker, 1858
Ref:
G.C. Steyskal, 1980
: 174.
Former spelling
:
Schilbidae
(Family)
Bleeker, 1858
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 182.
Former spelling
:
Schilbidae
(Family)
Bleeker, 1858
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 228.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
glasmeervallen
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
:
echte glasmeervallen
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
schilbeid catfishes
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 228; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
:
butter catfishes
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 228.
:
schilbeid catfishes
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998
: 2460.
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Last updated:
21 Sep 2025