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Sisoridae (disused)

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Sisoridae

Taxonomy
Sisoridae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Nematognathii by Jordan (1963); to Siluroidei by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Sisoroidea by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Sisoridae Jordan p. 648
2013Sisoridae Betancur et al.
2016Sisoridae Nelson et al. p. 224

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Otocephala
superorderOstariophysiJordan and Evermann 1896
Otophysi
Siluriphysi
orderSiluriformes
suborderSiluroidei
familySisoridae
familySisoridae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Invalid names: Glyptosterninae [empty], Sisorinae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:43:11
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:34:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available