Sisoroidea

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Sisoroidea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Superfamily: Sisoroidea
Families

Akysidae
Amblycipitidae
(Aspredinidae)
Erethistidae
Sisoridae

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Sisoroidea is a superfamily of catfishes (order Siluriformes). It contains the four families Amblycipitidae, Akysidae, Sisoridae, and Erethistidae; many sources also include Aspredinidae. With Aspredinidae, this superfamily includes about 42 genera and 230 species. [1]

Taxonomy

Sisoroidea is sister to the Loricarioidea. [1] The monophyly of this superfamily is supported by a number of morphological characters. [2] Amblycipitidae is the most basal family and is sister to the remaining families. [1] Based on morphological data, Erethistidae is the sister group to Aspredinidae, with Sisoridae being the sister group of the clade formed by these two families. [3] However, it has been proposed to move the erethistid genera back into Sisoridae. [4] Also, some authors have removed Aspredinidae from Sisoroidea, having found it to be more closely related to Doradoidea (Doradidae, Auchenipteridae, and possibly Mochokidae) with morphological and molecular evidence. [5] [6]

Distribution

Sisoroidea includes almost exclusively Asiatic catfish families with the exception of Aspredinidae, which is native to South America. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Nelson, Joseph S. (2006). Fishes of the World . John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN   0-471-25031-7.
  2. 1 2 de Pinna, Mário C. C.; Ng, Heok Hee (May 14, 2004). "The Second Ural Centrum in Siluriformes and Its Implication for the Monophyly of Superfamily Sisoroidea (Teleostei, Ostariophysi)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3437): 1–24.
  3. ↑ Diogo, R.; Chardon, M.; Vandewalle, P. (2003). "Osteology and myology of the cephalic region and pectoral girdle of Erethistes pusillus, comparison with other erethistids, and comments on the synapomorphies and phylogenetic relationships of the Erethistidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes)". Journal of Fish Biology. 63 (5): 1160–1175. doi:10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00235.x.
  4. ↑ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa . 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
  5. ↑ Friel, John Patrick (1994-12-13). "A Phylogenetic Study of the Neotropical Banjo Catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Aspredinidae)" (PDF). Duke University, Durham, NC. Retrieved 2007-08-07.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ↑ Sullivan, JP; Lundberg JG; Hardman M (2006). "A phylogenetic analysis of the major groups of catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes) using rag1 and rag2 nuclear gene sequences". Mol Phylogenet Evol. 41 (3): 636–62. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.044. PMID   16876440.


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