Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Siluriformes

Callichthyidae Bonaparte, 1835

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Corydoradinae Hoedeman, 1952

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: callichthyid armored catfishes

Literature

basis of record

Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

taxonomy source

Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Callichthyidae Bonaparte, 1835. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154622

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

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Last modified

2015-04-17 by Nicolas Bailly

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