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Callichthyidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Siluriformes
family
Callichthyidae

Name

Homonyms
Callichthyidae
Common names
Armored catfish in English
Callichthyid Armored Catfishes in English
Cascarudos y corydoras in Spanish
Kiryskowate in Polish
Pansermaller in Danish
Panzerwelse in German
Schwielenwelse in German
armored catfishes in English
armored catfishes in English
callichthyid armored catfishes in English
callichthyid armored catfishes in English
coridoras in Spanish
coridoras in Spanish
mailed catfishes in English
mailed catfishes in English
pancéřníčkovití in Czech
pansermallefamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
panssarimonnit in Finnish
pantsermeervallen in Dutch
plated catfishes in English
plated catfishes in English
poissons-chats cuirassés in French
poissons-chats cuirassés in French
Каліхтові in Ukrainian
Панцирные сомы in Russian
ปลาแพะ in Thai
カッリクテュス科 in Japanese
美鯰科 in Chinese
pansermallefamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
callichthyid armored catfishes in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  4. Ferraris, Carl J., Jr., and Mário C. C. de Pinna, 1999: Higher-level Names for Catfishes (Actinopterygii: Ostariophysi: Siluriformes). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, vol. 51, no. 1. 1-17.
  5. FishBase
  6. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  7. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  8. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  9. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  10. Reis, Roberto E. / Reis, Roberto E., Sven O. Kullander, and Carl J. Ferraris, Jr., eds., 2003: Family Callichthyidae (Armored catfishes). Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. 291-309.
  11. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
  12. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  13. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
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