Animal Diversity Web

Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus

Long-fin armored catfish

(Also: Radiated ptero; Sailfin catfish; Sailfish catfish)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Siluriformes
        
        Family Loricariidae (Armored catfishes)
        
        Genus Pterygoplichthys
        
        Species Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus (Long-fin armored catfish)