Sisoroidea

Taxobox
name = Sisoroidea

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Bagarius yarrelli"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Siluriformes
superfamilia = Sisoroidea
subdivision_ranks = Families
subdivision =
Akysidae
Amblycipitidae
(Aspredinidae)
Erethistidae
Sisoridae

Sisoroidea is a superfamily of catfishes (order Siluriformes). It contains the four families Amblycipitidae, Akysidae, Sisoridae, and Erethistidae; many sources also include Aspredinidae. With Aspredinidae, this superfamily includes about 42 genera and 230 species.cite book|title=Fishes of the World|last=Nelson|first=Joseph S.|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc|year=2006|isbn=0-471-25031-7]

Taxonomy

Sisoroidea is sister to the Loricarioidea. The monophyly of this superfamily is supported by a number of morphological characters. Amblycipitidae is the most basal family and is sister to the remaining families. Based on morphological data, Erethistidae is the sister group to Aspredinidae, with Sisoridae being the sister group of the clade formed by these two families.cite journal|first=R.|last=Diogo|coauthors=Chardon, M.; Vandewalle, P.|year=2003|title=Osteology and myology of the cephalic region and pectoral girdle of "Erethistes pusillus", comparison with other erethistids, and comments on the synapomorphies and phylogenetic relationships of the Erethistidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes)|journal=Journal of Fish Biology|volume=63|issue=5|pages=1160–1175|doi=10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00235.x] However, it has been proposed to move the erethistid genera back into Sisoridae. [cite journal|url=http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf|title=Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types|first=Carl J., Jr.|last=Ferraris|journal=Zootaxa|volume=1418|pages=1–628|year=2007|format=PDF] Also, some authors have removed Aspredinidae from Sisoroidea, having found it to be more closely related to Doradoidea (Doradidae, Auchenipteridae, and possibly Mochokidae) with morphological and molecular evidence.cite paper|url=http://www.cumv.cornell.edu/pdf/Friel_Ph.D._Thesis_1994.pdf|title=A Phylogenetic Study of the Neotropical Banjo Catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Aspredinidae)|author=Friel, John Patrick|publisher=Duke University, Durham, NC|date=1994-12-13|accessdate=2007-08-07|format=PDF] cite journal|journal=Mol Phylogenet Evol.|year=2006|volume=41|issue=3|pages=636–62|title=A phylogenetic analysis of the major groups of catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes) using rag1 and rag2 nuclear gene sequences|last=Sullivan|first=JP|coauthors=Lundberg JG; Hardman M|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.044]

Distribution

Sisoroidea includes almost exclusively Asiatic catfish families with the exception of Aspredinidae, which is native to South America.cite journal|url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/2802/1/N3437.pdf|title=The Second Ural Centrum in Siluriformes and Its Implication for the Monophyly of Superfamily Sisoroidea (Teleostei, Ostariophysi)|first=Mário C. C.|last=de Pinna|coauthors=Ng, Heok Hee|journal=American Museum Novitates|issue=3437|date=May 14, 2004|pages=1–24|format=PDF]

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