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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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Eumetazoa (metazoans)-
Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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Craniata (craniates)
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Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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Class Actinopterygii-
Order Siluriformes-
Family Akysidae (Stream catfishes) -
Family Amblycipitidae (Torrent catfishes)
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Family Amphiliidae (Loach catfishes)
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Family Anchariidae (Vaonas)
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Family Ariidae (Sea catfishes)
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Family Aspredinidae (Banjo catfishes)
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Family Astroblepidae (Naked sucker-mouth catfishes)
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Family Auchenipteridae (Driftwood catfishes)
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Family Austroglanididae (Austroglanids)
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Family Bagridae (Bagrid catfishes)
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Family Callichthyidae (Callichthyid armored catfishes)
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Family Cetopsidae (Whale catfishes)
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Family Chacidae (Squarehead or angler catfish)
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Family Clariidae (Airbreathing catfishes)
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Family Claroteidae (Claroteid catfishes)
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Family Cranoglanididae (Armorhead catfishes)
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Family Diplomystidae (Velvet catfishes)
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Family Doradidae (Thorny catfishes)
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Family Erethistidae (South Asian river catfishes)
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Family Heptapteridae (Three-barbeled catfishes)
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Family Heteropneustidae (Airsac catfishes)
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Family Ictaluridae (North American freshwater catfishes)
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Family Lacantuniidae (Chiapas catfishes)
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Family Loricariidae (Armored catfishes)
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Family Malapteruridae (Electric catfishes)
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Family Mochokidae (Squeakers or upside-down catfishes)
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Family Nematogenyidae (Mountain catfishes)
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Family Olyridae (Longtail catfishes)
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Family Pangasiidae (Shark catfishes)
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Family Pimelodidae (Long-whiskered catfishes)
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Family Plotosidae (Eeltail catfishes)
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Family Pseudopimelodidae (Bumblebee catfishes, dwarf marbled catfishes)
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Family Schilbeidae (Schilbid catfishes)
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Family Scoloplacidae (Spiny dwarf catfishes)
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Family Siluridae (Sheatfishes)
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Family Sisoridae (Sisorid catfishes)
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Family Trichomycteridae (Pencil or parasitic catfishes)
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Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.
Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.
