Callichthyidae

Armored catfish
Temporal range:
Callichthys callichthys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Suborder: Loricarioidei
Family: Callichthyidae
Bonaparte, 1838
Type genus
Callichthys
Scopoli, 1777
Genera

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Callichthyidae is a family of catfishes (order Siluriformes), called armored catfishes due to the two rows of bony plates (or scutes) along the lengths of their bodies. It contains some of the most popular freshwater aquarium fish, such as many species in the genus Corydoras.

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