Summary description from Wikipedia:

Pterygoplichthys in languages:

Chinese

翼甲鯰屬

Czech

glyptoper

English

Sailfin Catfishes

Latvian

Burusami

Russian

Сомы-нижнероты

Thai

ปลาซักเกอร์ครีบสูง

Ukrainian

Сом-нижньорот

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Parent Taxon

• Loricariidae

Sibling Taxa

• Acanthicus
• Ancistomus
• Ancistrus
• Andeancistrus
• Aphanotorulus
• Araichthys
• Avalithoxus
• Baryancistrus
• Chaetostoma
• Cordylancistrus
• Corymbophanes
• Cryptancistrus
• Dekeyseria
• Dolichancistrus
• Exastilithoxus
• Guyanancistrus
• Hemiancistrus
• Hopliancistrus
• Hypancistrus
• Hypostomus
• Isorineloricaria
• Lasiancistrus
• Leporacanthicus
• Leptoancistrus
• Lithoxancistrus
• Lithoxus
• Megalancistrus
• Neblinichthys
• Panaqolus
• Panaque
• Paralithoxus
• Parancistrus
• Paulasquama
• Peckoltia
• Peckoltichthys
• Pseudacanthicus
• Pseudancistrus
• Pseudolithoxus
• Pseudoqolus
• Pterygoplichthys
• Scobinancistrus
• Soromonichthys
• Spectracanthicus
• Transancistrus
• Yaluwak

Child Taxa

• Pterygoplichthys ambrosettii
• Pterygoplichthys chrysostiktos
• Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus
• Pterygoplichthys etentaculatus
• Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps
• Pterygoplichthys joselimaianus
• Pterygoplichthys lituratus
• Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus
• Pterygoplichthys pardalis
• Pterygoplichthys parnaibae
• Pterygoplichthys punctatus
• Pterygoplichthys scrophus
• Pterygoplichthys undecimalis
• Pterygoplichthys weberi
• Pterygoplichthys xinguensis
• Pterygoplichthys zuliaensis

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