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Parent Taxon

• Pimelodidae

Sibling Taxa

• Aguarunichthys
• Bagropsis
• Bergiaria
• Brachyplatystoma
• Calophysus
• Cheirocerus
• Duopalatinus
• Exallodontus
• Hemisorubim
• Hypophthalmus
• Iheringichthys
• Leiarius
• Luciopimelodus
• Megalonema
• Parapimelodus
• Phractocephalus
• Pimelabditus
• Pimelodina
• Pimelodus
• Pinirampus
• Platynematichthys
• Platysilurus
• Platystomatichthys
• Propimelodus
• Pseudoplatystoma
• Sorubim
• Sorubimichthys
• Steindachneridion
• Zungaro
• Zungaropsis

Child Taxa

• Pseudoplatystoma corruscans
• Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum
• Pseudoplatystoma magdaleniatum
• Pseudoplatystoma metaense
• Pseudoplatystoma orinocoense
• Pseudoplatystoma punctifer
• Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum
• Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum

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