After Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Ariidae [Tachysuridae; Doiichthyidae] (marine catfishes; merimonnit) [14 recent genera, 120 species]
   |--o Ariopsis U. Eoc. L. Olig. NAf., R. CAm.
   |  |-- †A. aegyptiacus U. Eoc. L. Olig. NAf. [Fayûm, Egypt]
   |  `-- A. assimilis (Günther, 1864) (Mayan sea catfish)
   |-- Arius Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840 [Tachysurus) Eoc. R. Af. SAs. EInd. WInd. SA. [100]
   |--o Bagre
   |  |-- B. bagre (Linnaeus, 1766) (Coco sea catfish)
   |  |-- B. filamentosus (Swainson, 1839)
   |  |-- B. marinus (Mitchill, 1815) (Gafftopsail sea catfish)
   |  |-- B. panamensis (Gill, 1863) (Chilhuil sea catfish)
   |  `-- B. pinnimaculatus (Steindachner, 1877) (Red sea catfish)
   |-- Batrachocephalus mino (Hamilton, 1822) (Beardless sea catfish)
   |--o Cathorops
   |  |-- C. aguadulce (Meek, 1904)
   |  |-- C. fuerthii (Steindachner, 1877) (Congo sea catfish)
   |  |-- C. hypophthalmus (Steindachner, 1877) (Gloomy sea catfish)
   |  |-- C. multiradiatus (Günther, 1864) (Box sea catfish)
   |  |-- C. spixii (Agassiz, 1829) (Madamango sea catfish)
   |  |-- C. steindachneri (Gilbert & Starks, 1904) (Steindachner's sea catfish)
   |  |-- C. taylori (Hildebrand, 1925)
   |  `-- C. tuyra (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) (Besudo sea catfish)
   |-- Cinetodus froggatti (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886) (Small-mouthed salmon catfish)
   |--o Cochlefelis
   |  |-- C. danielsi (Regan, 1908) (Daniel's catfish)
   |  `-- C. spatula (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886) (Duckbilled catfish)
   |-- Doiichthys novaeguineae Weber, 1913 (Spoon-snouted catfish)
   |-- †Eopeyeria [Ariopsis, Peyeria) Eoc. NA. 
   |--o Galeichthys
   |  |-- G. ater Castelnau, 1861 (Black seacatfish)
   |  |-- G. feliceps Valenciennes, 1840 (White baggar)
   |  `-- G. peruvianus Lütken, 1874 (Peruvian sea catfish)
   |-- Genidens genidens (Valenciennes, 1840) (Guri sea catfish)
   |--o Hemipimelops
   |  |-- H. bicolor Fowler, 1935
   |  |-- H. borneensis (Bleeker, 1851)
   |  |-- H. daugueti Chevey, 1932
   |  |-- H. intermedius Vinciguerra, 1881
   |  |-- H. macrocephalus Bleeker, 1858
   |  `-- H. manillensis (Valenciennes, 1840)
   |-- Hexanematichthys [not recognized by the Fishbase]
   |-- Ketengus typus Bleeker, 1847 (Bigmouth sea catfish)
   |-- Nedystoma dayi (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886) (Day's catfish)
   |--o Netuma
   |  |-- N. barba (Lacépède, 1803) (White sea catfish)
   |  `-- N. planifrons Higuchi, Reis & Araújo, 1982
   |--o Osteogeneiosus Eoc. Af. R. EInd. 
   |  `-- O. militaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Soldier catfish)
   |-- Paradiplomystes coruscans (Lichtenstein, 1819)
   |-- Potamarius nelsoni (Evermann & Goldsborough, 1902)
   |?- Rhineastes [Astephas] Eoc. Olig. NA. R. As. [not recognized by the Fishbase]
   |-- Sciadeops troschelii (Gill, 1863) (Chili sea catfish)
   |-- Selenaspis dowii (Gill, 1863) (Brown sea catfish)
   `-- Tetranesodon conorhynchus Weber, 1913 (Lorentz catfish)

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