Family Pimelodidae Bonaparte 1835

Pimelodini Bonaparte 1835:[8] [ref. 32242] (subfamily) Pimelodus [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1]

Sorubinae Swainson 1838:333, 356 [ref. 4302] (subfamily) Sorubim [also Swainson 1839:190, 309 [ref. 4303]; stem changed to Sorubim- by Schultz 1944a:227 [ref. 3959], confirmed by Fowler 1958b:13 [ref. 1470]]

Anodontes Bleeker 1858a:39 [ref. 32230] (phalanx) Hypophthalmus [also Bleeker 1858b:viii, 245 [ref. 365]; no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Hypophthalmini Bleeker 1862–63:15 [ref. 393] (stirps) Hypophthalmus

Ariobagri Bleeker 1862–63:10 [ref. 393] (phalanx) Leiarius [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Callophysinae [Calophysinae] Eigenmann 1890a:15 [ref. 31918] (subfamily) Calophysis [also Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1890:9 [ref. 12251]; stem corrected to Calophys- by Fowler 1951b:3 [ref. 31928], confirmed by Fowler 1954:6 [ref. 1465]; subfamily name sometimes seen as Calophidinae]

Luciopimelodinae Driver 1919:453 [ref. 12423] (subfamily) Luciopimelodus

Pinirampidae Fernández-Yépez 1965:12 [ref. 33058] (family) Pinirampus

Brachyplatystomatini Lundberg & Akama 2005:496 [ref. 28312] (tribe) Brachyplatystoma [Lundberg, Sullivan & Hardman 2011:162 [ref. 31593] used Brachyplatystomini]