Siluriformes
1,160 of 3,617 species (32%) have genetic data.
Contents
| Taxon | Rank | Sampled / total | Sampling | Mean λDR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siluroidei | Suborder | 752 / 2,203 | 0.17 | |
| Loricaroidei* | Suborder | 405 / 1,408 | 0.24 | |
| Diplomystoidei | Suborder | 3 / 6 | 0.05 |
Taxa marked with * were not recovered as monophyletic in our phylogenetic analysis.
Species
Largest genera
Sampled species out of the total in each genus:
- Corydoras 118/159
- Trichomycterus 16/158
- Hypostomus 25/139
- Synodontis 71/131
- Glyptothorax 41/94
Familiar species
Well-known and model species in Siluriformes. Species with genetic data are in bold.
- Ictalurus punctatus (channel catfish)
All species
Siluriformes has too many species to list on this page. The full list is available as a CSV file, or browse the taxa listed under Contents.
Gene coverage
Share of the 1,160 sampled species with data for each gene
| Gene | Species with data | % of sampled species |
|---|---|---|
| cytb | 717 | 62% |
| coi | 655 | 56% |
| rag2 | 544 | 47% |
| 16s | 518 | 45% |
| 12s | 415 | 36% |
| rag1 | 363 | 31% |
| nd4 | 215 | 19% |
| myh6 | 122 | 11% |
| rhodopsin | 31 | 3% |
| plagl2 | 27 | 2% |
| glyt | 19 | 2% |
| ptr | 16 | 1% |
| sreb2 | 7 | 1% |
| sh3px3 | 6 | 1% |
| tbr1 | 5 | <1% |
| enc1 | 4 | <1% |
| zic1 | 3 | <1% |
| panx2 | 1 | <1% |
| svep1 | 1 | <1% |
| 4c4 | 0 | 0% |
| ficd | 0 | 0% |
| hoxc6a | 0 | 0% |
| kiaa1239 | 0 | 0% |
| nd2 | 0 | 0% |
| ripk4 | 0 | 0% |
| sidkey | 0 | 0% |
| vcpip | 0 | 0% |
Enclosed taxa
3 suborders, 37 families
- Suborder
- Diplomystoidei
- Loricaroidei
- Siluroidei
- Family
- Diplomystidae
- Astroblepidae
- Callichthyidae
- Loricariidae
- Nematogenyidae
- Scoloplacidae
- Trichomycteridae
- Akysidae
- Amblycipitidae
- Amphiliidae
- Anchariidae
- Ariidae
- Aspredinidae
- Auchenipteridae
- Austroglanididae
- Bagridae
- Cetopsidae
- Chacidae
- Clariidae
- Claroteidae
- Cranoglanididae
- Doradidae
- Erethistidae
- Heptapteridae
- Heteropneustidae
- Horabagridae
- Ictaluridae
- Lacantuniidae
- Malapteruridae
- Mochokidae
- Pangasiidae
- Pimelodidae
- Plotosidae
- Pseudopimelodidae
- Schilbeidae
- Siluridae
- Sisoridae
Fossil calibrations
- Crown group Callichthyidae (Corydoras revelatus†) 39.5 Ma
- Total group Loricariidae (Taubateia paraiba†) 24.5 Ma
- Total group Pangasiidae (Cetopangasius chaetobranchus†) 5.333 Ma
- Total group Ictaluridae (Astephus sp.†) 59.36 Ma
- Total group Ameiurus (Ameiurus pectinatus†) 33.97 Ma
- Total group Pylodictis (Pylodictis olivaris†) 16.3 Ma
- Crown Brachyplatystoma (Brachyplatystoma promagdlaena†) 12.8 Ma
- MRCA Chrysichthys (Chrysichthys mahengeensis†) 45 Ma
- Total group Synodontis (Synodontis sp.†) 28.1 Ma
Downloads
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Download Siluriformes data (JSON format)
Species list for Siluriformes (CSV format)
Phylogenies
Sequence data
Phylip sequences for Siluriformes
Nexus file for Siluriformes (includes character partitions and phylogeny)