CALLICHTHYIDAE Bonaparte, 1838

Published, First, 2007, Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types, Zootaxa 1418, pp. 1-628 : 108

CALLICHTHYIDAE Bonaparte, 1838

Callichthini Bonaparte, 1838: 131. Type genus: Callichthys Scopoli, 1777 .

Aspidoradidi Hoedeman, 1952b: 4. Type genus: Aspidoras Ihering, 1907 .

Cascaduridi Hoedeman, 1952b: 3. Type genus: Cascadura Ellis, 1913 .

Corydoradinae Hoedeman, 1952b: 4 . Type genus: Corydoras La Cepède, 1803 .

Dianemidi Hoedeman, 1952b: 4. Type genus: Dianema Cope, 1871 .

Hoplosterninae Miranda Ribeiro , 1959: 1. Type genus: Hoplosternum Gill, 1858 .

Taxonomic summary: Isbrücker (2001b, Corydoradinae ), Reis (2003).

Phylogeny: Reis (1998a); Britto (2003, Corydoradinae ); Shimabukuro-Dias et al. (2004).

Biogeography: Reis (1998b).

8 genera, 194 species, one fossil species.