Cetopsidae

Whale catfishes
Helogenes marmoratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Suborder: Cetopsoidei
de Pinna, 1998
Family: Cetopsidae
Bleeker, 1858
Subfamiles and genera

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The Cetopsidae, the whale catfishes are a small family of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Siluriformes. The fishes in this family are found in South America.