Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Actinopterygii - (Order) Siluriformes

Current position

Loricarioidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815

Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 170.

Alternative positions

Loricarioidei (Suborder)	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2462. [indirect]
Siluriformes (Order) Rafinesque, 1810	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 30.
Siluroidea (Suborder) Rafinesque, 1810

Historical positions

Siluriformes (Order) Rafinesque, 1810	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Siluriformes (Order) Rafinesque, 1810	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 30.
Loricarioidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 170.
Siluriformes (Order) Rafinesque, 1810	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2462.
Siluriformes (Order) Rafinesque, 1810	Ref: 1998
Siluriformes (Order) Rafinesque, 1810	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 606.
Siluriformes (Order) Rafinesque, 1810	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 883.
Siluriformes (Order) Rafinesque, 1810	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	96g;769s; ‡1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 2 Feb 2013	[96g;764s]
1990-present	R. Froese & D. Pauly: 11 Jan 2006	70g;550s
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 30	101g;834s
1982	R.A. Fritzsche	50g;>400s