The Ictaluroidea is a superfamily of catfish.[2][3] As of 2000, the position of the Ictaluroidea within the Siluriformes order is not certain.[4]
| Ictaluroidea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Suborder: | Siluroidei |
| Superfamily: | Ictaluroidea T. N. Gill, 1861[1] |
Taxonomy
editThis superfamily consists of the following families:[5]
- Family Ictaluridae, native to North America
- Family Cranoglanididae
References
edit- ^ "Superfamily Ictaluroidea - Nomenclature & Taxonomy - the Taxonomicon".
- ^ Joseph S. Nelson, [1], John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2006
- ^ Lundberg, John G.; Luckenbill, Kyle R.; Babu, K.K. Subhash; Ng, Heok Hee (2014). "A tomographic osteology of the taxonomically puzzling catfish Kryptoglanis shajii(Siluriformes, Siluroidei,incertae sedis): Description and a first phylogenetic interpretation". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 163: 1–41. doi:10.1635/053.163.0101.
- ^ Joseph S. Nelson, Hans-Peter Schultze, Mark V. H. Wilson, [2], 2010]
- ^ Sullivan, John P.; Lundberg, John G.; Hardman, Michael (December 2006). "A phylogenetic analysis of the major groups of catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes) using rag1 and rag2 nuclear gene sequences". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 41 (3): 636–662. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.044. PMID 16876440.
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