A new classification of the family Ariidae (Osteichthyes: Ostariophysi: Siluriformes) based on combined analyses of morphological and molecular data Author Marceniuk, Alexandre Pires Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, conjunto Presidente Castelo Branco III, João Pessoa, PB 58050 - 000, Brazil & Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, PB 58429 - 500, Brazil & Departamento de Biologia Estrutural e Funcional, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP), Botucatu, SP 18618 - 970, Brazil a_marceniuk@hotmail.com Author Oliveira, Claudio Departamento de Biologia Estrutural e Funcional, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP), Botucatu, SP 18618 - 970, Brazil Author Ferraris Jr, Carl J. 545 NE Floral Pl., Portland, OR 97232, USA text Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2024 2023-08-21 200 2 426 476 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad078 journal article 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad078 0024-4082 11240120 5D6C7EBF-E568-4100-9364-2DD357003878 Galeichthys Valenciennes, 1840 MP 100, BI 1, ML 100 ( Figs 1–3 , 4A – 5 ) Type species: Galeichthys feliceps Valenciennes, 1840 . Diagnosis That of the Galeichthyinae , above. Included species Galeichthys ater Castelnau, 1861 Galeichthys feliceps Valenciennes, 1840 Galeichthys peruvianus Lütken, 1874 Galeichthys trowi Kulongowski, 2010 *. Remarks Total-evidence analysis corroborated previous morphological ( Marceniuk and Menezes 2007 , Marceniuk et al. 2012 ) and molecular (Betancur-R.2009) studiesregardingthemonophylyandrelationship of the genus. Supported by morphological and molecular data, Betancur-R. et al. (2007) had the same interpretation of the phylogenetic relationship of Galeichthys , examining only Galeichthys ater and Galeichthys peruvianus , whereas Kailola (2004) , based only on morphological evidence, recognized the same species composition, but with a unique hypothesis of phylogenetic relationships. Habitat and distribution: Marine, southern Africa, and north-western coast of South America ( Fig. 4 ).