Aspredinidae

Banjo catfishes
Platystacus cotylephorus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Aspredinidae
A. Adams, 1854
Subfamilies and genera

Subfamily Aspredininae
  Amaralia
  Aspredinichthys
  Aspredo
  Bunocephalus
  Platystacus
  Pterobunocephalus
  Xyliphius
Subfamily Hoplomyzontinae
  Dupouyichthys
  Ernstichthys
  Hoplomyzon
  Micromyzon
Subfamily Pseudobunocephalinae
  Acanthobunocephalus
  Pseudobunocephalus

The Aspredinidae are a small South American family of catfishes (order Siluriformes) also known as the banjo catfishes, with about 43 species.

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