Callichthyinae

Callichthys is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Callichthyidae and the subfamily Callichthyinae, the armored catfishes. The genus Callichthys is distributed in most freshwater drainages of South America.

Dianema is a small genus of is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Callichthyidae and the subfamily Callichthyinae, the armored catfishes. Dianema was first formally recorded as a genus name in a meeting abtract in 1871 but no formally described species was named until Edward Drinker Cope described the type species, Dianema longibarbis, by monotypy the following year. The genus name is derived from the Greek di, meaning "two", and nema, meaning "filament", an allusion to the two long barbels on the maxilla. The two species of Dianema share approximately the same distr

Hoplosternum is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Callichthyidae and the subfamily Callichthyinae, the armoured catfishes. The genus Holplosternum is found in southern Central America and South America.

thumb|250px|Megalechis thoracata Megalechis is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Callichthyidae and the subfamily Callichthyinae, the armoured catfishes. The catfishes in this genus are found in South America.

Lepthoplosternum is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Callichthyidae and the subfamily Callichthyinae, the armoured catfishes. The catfishes in this genus are found in South America.