Family Pimelodidae

Aguarunichthys - Aguarunichthys is derived from Aguaruna, the name of a society of people from where A.

Bagropsis - Bagropsis reinhardti is a catfish species of the monotypic genus Bagropsis of the family Pimelodidae.

Bergiaria - Bergiaria is a small genus of catfishes of the family Pimelodidae.

Brachyplatystoma - Brachyplatystoma is a genus including several South American catfish species of family Pimelodidae.

Calophysus - This fish has been placed in its own family, Calophysidae.

Cheirocerus - Cheirocerus is a genus of catfishes of the family Pimelodidae.

Conorhynchos - The spelling of the generic name has been confused; it is currently valid as Conorhynchos as described by Pieter Bleeker in 1858.

Duopalatinus - Duopalatinus is classified under the "Calophysus-Pimelodus clade".

Exallodontus - Exallodontus aguanai is a catfish species of the monotypic genus Exallodontus of the family Pimelodidae.

Hemisorubim - The porthole shovelnose catfish or spotted shovelnose catfish, Hemisorubim platyrhynchos, is the only species in the genus Hemisorubim of the catfish family Pimelodidae.

Hypophthalmus - This genus has been classified within its own family Hypophthalmidae.

Iheringichthys - Both species of Iheringichthys are distributed in the Paraná River basin.

Leiarius - Leiarius is a genus of catfishes of the family Pimelodidae.

Luciopimelodus - Luciopimelodus pati is a South American species of freshwater long-whiskered catfish that inhabits the basin of the Río de la Plata and the Blanco River.

Parapimelodus - The two species of Parapimelodus are isolated from each other.

Perrunichthys - Perrunichthys perruno is the only species of catfish of the monotypic genus Perrunichthys of the family Pimelodidae.

Phractocephalus - Although the redtail catfish is the only living representative of this genus, there are other members that date back to the upper Miocene.

Pimelodina - Pimelodina flavipinnis is the only species of the genus Pimelodina of the family Pimelodidae of catfish .

Pimelodus - Pimelodus is a genus of catfishes of the family Pimelodidae.

Platynematichthys - Platynematichthys notatus is a species of catfish of the monotypic genus Platynematichthys of the family Pimelodidae.

Platysilurus - Platysilurus is classified under the "Calophysus-Pimelodus clade".

Platystomatichthys - Platystoma sturio Kner, 1857

Propimelodus - The type species of this genus, P.

Pseudoplatystoma - Hemiplatystoma Bleeker, 1862

Sorubim - Sorubim is a small genus of Pimelodid catfish originating from tropical South America.

Sorubimichthys - Firewood catfish occur in the Amazon and Orinoco River basins.

Steindachneridion - Steindachneridion is a genus of South American Pimelodid catfish .

Zungaro - By some sources, it is the only species of the monotypic genus Zungaro.

Zungaropsis - Zungaropsis multimaculatus is a species of catfish of the family Pimelodidae.