Family Callichthyidae Gill 1872 (catfish)
PaleoDB taxon number: 83789
Parent taxon: Loricaroidei according to R. Betancur-R et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Astroblepidae, Loricariidae, Nematogenyidae, Trichomycteridae
Subtaxa: Callichthys, Corydoras
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore