Phractocephalus Spix and Agassiz 1829 (cajaro)
Osteichthyes - Ostariophysi - Pimelodidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 251791
Parent taxon: Pimelodidae according to Lundberg and Littmann 2003
Sister taxa: Brachyplatystoma, Pimelodella
Subtaxa: Phractocephalus acreornatus, Phractocephalus hemiliopterus, Phractocephalus nassi
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore