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Catfish
Families & Groups Approximate numbers of Valid Genera/Species &
Known/estimated |
|
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No.
|
Family/Group
|
Approx. Valid Genera
|
Approx. Valid Species
|
Known/ Estimated New Species
|
ACSI
Participating Taxonomists & Systematists
(students named when possible) |
| 1 | Akysidae (includes Parakysis) |
4
|
27
|
20
|
de Pinna, H.H. Ng, Roberts |
| 2 | Amblycipitidae |
3
|
25
|
20
|
H.H. Ng |
| 3 | Amphiliidae |
9
|
58
|
35
|
Diogo, Golubtsov, H.H. Ng, Roberts, Skelton |
| 4 | Ariidae |
18
|
138
|
16
|
Acero, Aguilera, Allen, Betancur, Kailola, Marceniuk, Menezes, Polanco, Vidthayanon, Wang, Zhang |
| 5 | Aspredinidae |
12
|
36
|
11
|
Britto, Figueiredo, Friel, Taphorn |
| 6 | Astroblepidae |
1
|
54
|
10
|
Barrera, Buitrago, Carvajal, de Pinna, C. Oliveira & students, Ortega, Quaggio-Grassiotto, Sarmiento, Schaefer, Shibatta |
| 7 | Auchenipteridae (includes Ageneiosidae, Centromochlidae) |
21
|
86
|
14
|
Akama, Baskin, Borges, Britski, Castillo, Ferraris, Langeani, Lima, Lundberg, Petry, Reis, Royero, Soares-Porto, Sabaj, D. Stewart, Vari, Walsh |
| 8 | Claroteidae: Auchenoglanidinae |
5
|
28
|
? 0
|
Retzer |
| 9 | Austroglanididae |
1
|
3
|
0
|
Bills |
| 10 | Bagridae (includes Olyra, Horabagrus) |
17
|
131
|
60
|
Ferraris, Linder, López, Manimekalan, H.H. Ng, Watanabe |
| 11 | Callichthyidae |
8
|
177
|
45
|
Britto, Burgess, de Pinna, DoNascimiento, Hieronimus, Lima, C. Oliveira & students, Quaggio-Grassiotto, Reis, Shibatta |
| 12 | Cetopsidae |
7
|
23
|
20
|
de Pinna, Ferraris, Keith, Lundberg, Milani, Ortega, Provenzano, Rapp Py-Daniel, Vari |
| 13 | Chacidae |
1
|
3
|
1
|
Ferraris, H.H. Ng |
| 14 | Clariidae (includes Heteropneustes) |
15
|
93
|
25
|
Adriaens, Devaere, Manimekalan, Musschoot, H.H. Ng, Pouyaud, Skelton, Sudarto, Teugels |
| 15 | Claroteidae: Claroteinae |
8
|
58
|
3
|
Bills, Golubtsov, Lundberg |
| 16 | Cranoglanididae |
1
|
3
|
0
|
—recently revised—
|
| 17 | Diplomystidae |
2
|
6
|
1
|
Arratia & students, Gosztonyi, Lundberg, Vila |
| 18 | Doradidae |
30
|
74
|
25
|
Agostinho, Akama, Arce, Birindelli, Burr, Castillo, Costantino, Dahdul, Keith, Langeani, Lundberg, Rapp Py-Daniel, Sabaj, Sousa, Taphorn, Weitzell |
| 19 | Erethistidae |
6
|
13
|
20
|
Ferraris, H. H. Ng |
| 20 | Heptapteridae |
24
|
190
|
52
|
Aguilera, Akama, Alejandra Diaz, Azpelicueta, Bichuette, Bockmann, DoNascimiento, Ferraris, Garavello, Guazzelli, Lasso, Lundberg, Ortega-Lara & students, Oyakawa, Petry, Provenzano, Reis, Royero, Salcedo, Taphorn, Trajano, Zuanon |
| 21 | Ictaluridae |
7
|
44
|
15
|
Burr, Eisenhour, García de León, Grady, Hardman, Hendrickson, Littmann, Page, Thomas |
| 22 | Lacantuniidae |
1
|
1
|
0
|
Rodiles, Hendrickson, Lundberg, Humphries, Luckenbill |
| 23 | Loricariidae |
88
|
673
|
205
|
Akama, Almeida, Aquino, Armbruster, Barrera, Baskin, Batten, Bichuette, Bockmann, Britski, Britto, Burr, Cardoso, Carvajal, Cezar Nolasco, Covain, Cristina Santana, de Pinna, Evans, Fisch-Muller, Garavello, Ghazzi, Hardman, Langeani, Le Bail, Lehmann, Lima, Lucinda, Lujan, Miquelarena, Montoya-Burgos, Moreira, C. Oliveira & students, J.C. de Oliveira, Ortega-Lara, Oyakawa, Pavanelli, Pereira, Pimentel, Provenzano, Quaggio-Grassiotto, Quevedo, Rapp Py-Daniel, Retzer, Reis, Ribeiro, M. Rodriguez, Royero, Salcedo, Sarmiento, Schaefer, Schmidt, Shibatta, D. Stewart, Takako, Taphorn, Thomas, Trajano, Vieira, Weber, Zawadzki, Zuanon |
| 24 | Malapteruridae |
2
|
19
|
0
|
Golubtsov, Roberts |
| 25 | Mochokidae |
10
|
180
|
30
|
Bills, Bloomer, De Vos, Fermon, Friel, Golubtsov, H.H. Ng, Page, Skelton, van der Bank, Villet |
| 26 | Nematogenyidae |
1
|
1
|
0
|
Arratia & students, de Pinna, C. Oliveira & students, Quaggio-Grassiotto, Shibatta, Vila |
| 27 | Pangasiidae |
3
|
26
|
?
|
Gustiano, Roberts, Teugels |
| 28 | Pimelodidae |
30
|
67
|
45
|
Abreu, Akama, Azpelicueta, Buitrago, Burr, Castillo, Dahdul, Ferraris, Garavello, Littmann, Lundberg, Ortega-Lara & students, Parisi, Shibatta & students, D. Stewart, Vari |
| 29 | Plotosidae |
10
|
35
|
?
|
Allen |
| 30 | Pseudopimelodidae |
5
|
26
|
14
|
de Pinna, C. Oliveira & students, Ortega-Lara & students, Petry, Quaggio-Grassiotto, Shibatta & students |
| 31 | Schilbeidae |
14
|
53
|
15
|
Ferraris, Golubtsov, H.H. Ng, Page, Roberts, Vari |
| 32 | Scoloplacidae |
1
|
4
|
?
|
de Pinna, C. Oliveira & students, Quaggio-Grassiotto, Shibatta |
| 33 | Siluridae |
12
|
89
|
40
|
Ferraris, He & colleagues/students, H.H. Ng, Krudpan, Manimekalan, Roberts, Triantafyllidis, Vari |
| 34 | Sisoridae |
16
|
112
|
70
|
Dimmick, Edds, He & colleagues/students, Manimekalan, H.H. Ng, Vidthayanon |
| 35 | Trichomycteridae |
42
|
176
|
55
|
Arratia & students, Azpelicueta, Barrera, Barthem, Baskin, Bichuette, Bockmann, Carvajal, de Pinna, DoNascimiento, L. Fernandez, Keith, Linder, C. Oliveira & students, Provenzano, Quaggio-Grassiotto, Sarmiento, Schaefer, Schmidt, Shibatta, Trajano, Vari, Vila, Villarreal, Wosiacki & students, Zuanon |
| 36 | Conorhynchos |
1
|
1
|
0
|
Bockmann, de Pinna, Ferraris, Lundberg |
| 37 | Ancharius |
1
|
2
|
5
|
Friel, H.H. Ng |
| SILURIFORMES |
437
|
2735
|
872
|
Diogo, Chardon, Vandewalle |