Family Claroteidae (catfish)
PaleoDB taxon number: 265800
Parent taxon: Siluroidei according to R. Betancur-R et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Akysidae, Amblycipitidae, Amphiliidae, Anchariidae, Ariidae, Auchenipteridae, Bagridae, Cetopsidae, Chacidae, Clariidae, Cranoglanididae, Heptapteridae, Heteropneustidae, Horabagridae, Hypsidoroidea, Ictaluridae, Malapteruridae, Mochokidae, Pangasiidae, Pimelodidae, Plotosidae, Pseudopimelodidae, Schilbeidae, Siluridae, Siluriodae, Sisoridae
Subtaxa: Chrysichthys, Clarotes
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore