Horabagridae
is a proposed family of catfishes containing
three genera, Horabagrus, Pachypterus,
and Pseudeutropius. Horobagrus
has been more usually assigned to the family
Bagridae and sometimes it has been suggested
it is closer to the Schilbeidae which is where
the other two genera have been more conventionally
placed.
A molecular phylogenetic study by Sullivan et
al. (2006, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution)
indicates a close relationship between Horabagrus
and Pseudeutropius, and these together
are recovered as the sistergroup to Bagridae
sensu Mo (1991 Theses Zoologicae, 17, Koeltz,
Koenigstein).
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