Meaning | An order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes. |
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Synonym | Siluriformes |
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Member of | Malacopterygii, superorder Malacopterygii | An extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays |
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Members | Ameiuridae, family Ameiuridae | North American catfishes |
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Ariidae, family Ariidae | sea catfishes |
Laricariidae, family Laricariidae | armored catfish |
Siluridae, family Siluridae | Old World catfishes |
catfish, siluriform fish | Any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth |
Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
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Spanish | siluriformes |
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Catalan | Siluriforme, siluriformes, Siluriformes |
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