Siluroidei
32 branches of this suborder, most-observed first · about 2,407 known species
North American Freshwater Catfishes
familyIctaluridae
Sea Catfishes
familyAriidae
Eeltail Catfishes
familyPlotosidae
Airbreathing Catfishes
familyClariidae
Long-whiskered Catfishes
familyPimelodidae
Sheatfishes
familySiluridae
Three-barbeled Catfishes
familyHeptapteridae
Bagrid Catfishes
familyBagridae
Shark Catfishes
familyPangasiidae
Squeakers
familyMochokidae
Thorny Catfishes
familyDoradidae
Grunter Catfishes
familyClaroteidae
Driftwood Catfishes
familyAuchenipteridae
Asian Hillstream Catfishes
familySisoridae
Schilbid Catfishes
familySchilbeidae
Loach Catfishes
familyAmphiliidae
Torrent Catfishes
familyAmblycipitidae
Bumblebee Catfishes
familyPseudopimelodidae
Flatnose Catfishes
familyAuchenoglanididae
Banjo Catfishes
familyAspredinidae
Electric Catfishes
familyMalapteruridae
Stream Catfishes
familyAkysidae
Ailias
familyAiliidae
Horabagrid Catfishes
familyHorabagridae
Squarehead Catfishes
familyChacidae
Velvet Catfishes
familyRitidae
Rock Catlets
familyAustroglanididae
Vaonas
familyAnchariidae
Armorhead Catfishes
familyCranoglanididae
Cistern Catfishes
familyPhreatobiidae
Chiapas Catfishes
familyLacantuniidae
Conorhynchos
genusConorhynchos
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1303579.