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Taxon: Order Siluriformes Bleeker, 1858 - catfishes (fish)
Classification by:

Superphylum Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - deuterostomes see Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
   Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
     Subphylum Craniata auct.
       Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
         Myopterygii Janvier, 1978 - myopterygians
           Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
             Grade Teleostomi Bonaparte, 1836 see Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
               Euteleostomi - bony vertebrates see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                 Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
                   Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                     Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                       Elopocephala Arratia, 1999 see Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996
                         Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977 see Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                           Subdivision Ostarioclupeomorpha Arratia, 1997 see Cohort Otocephala Johnson & Patterson, 1996
                             Superorder Ostariophysi Sagemehl, 1885
                               Series Otophysi Rosen & Greenwood, 1970 see Section Otophysa Rosen & Greenwood, 1970
                                 Cypriniphysi Fink & Fink, 1981
                                   Characiphysi Fink & Fink, 1981 see Subseries Characiphysi Fink & Fink, 1981
                                     Siluriphysi Fink & Fink, 1996
                                       Order Siluriformes Bleeker, 1858 - catfishes
                                         1 Genus Conorhynchos Bleeker, 1858, incertae sedis [monotypic]
                                         2 Family Lacantuniidae Rodiles-Hernández, Hendrickson & Lundberg, 2005 [monotypic] - Lacantún catfishes
                                         3 Family †Andinichthyidae Gayet, 1988
                                         4.1 Genus †Bucklandium König, 1825, incertae sedis
                                         4.2 Genus †Fajumia Stromer, 1904, incertae sedis
                                         4.3 Genus †"titanoglanis" Lundberg, 1993, nom. inval., incertae sedis
                                         5 Superfamily Diplomystoidea Eigenmann, 1890 [monotypic] see Suborder Diplomystoidei
                                         6.1 Superfamily Cetopsoidea Bleeker, 1858, sedis mutabilis [monotypic] see Suborder Cetopsoidei
                                         6.2 Superfamily †Hypsidoroidea Grande, 1987, sedis mutabilis [monotypic] see Suborder Hypsidoroidei
                                         6.3.1.1.1 Superfamily Loricarioidea Rafinesque, 1815 see Suborder Loricarioidei
                                         6.3.1.1.2 Superfamily Sisoroidea Bleeker, 1858
                                         6.3.1.2 Superfamily Pseudopimelodoidea Fernández-Yépez & Antón, 1966 [monotypic] see Superfamily Pimelodoidea Bonaparte, 1835
                                         6.3.2.1 Superfamily Heptapteroidea Gill, 1861 [monotypic] see Superfamily Pimelodoidea Bonaparte, 1835
                                         6.3.2.2.1 Superfamily Cranoglanidoidea Myers, 1931 [monotypic] see Superfamily Ictaluroidea Gill, 1861
                                         6.3.2.2.2 Superfamily Ictaluroidea Gill, 1861 [monotypic]
                                         6.3.2.2.3 Superfamily Doradoidea Bleeker, 1858
                                         6.3.2.2.4 Superfamily Siluroidea Rafinesque, 1815
                                         6.3.2.2.5? Superfamily Bagroidea Bleeker, 1858

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