LACANTUNIIDAE Rodiles-Hernández, Hendrickson & Lundberg, 2005

Published, First, 2007, Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types, Zootaxa 1418, pp. 1-628 : 216

LACANTUNIIDAE Rodiles-Hernández, Hendrickson & Lundberg, 2005

Lacantuniidae Rodiles-Hernández, Hendrickson & Lundberg , in Rodiles-Hernández et al., 2005: 6. Type genus: Lacantunia Rodiles-Hernández, Hendrickson & Lundberg, 2005 .

1 Genus, 1 species; no fossil species.

LACANTUNIA Rodiles-Hernández, Hendrickson & Lundberg, 2005

Lacantunia Rodiles-Hernández, Hendrickson & Lundberg , in Rodiles-Hernández et al., 2005: 6. Type species: Lacantunia enigmatica Rodiles-Hernández, Hendrickson & Lundberg. Type by original designation. Gender: Feminine.

Remarks: Treated as the type of the family Lacantuniidae , in Rodiles-Hernandez et al. (2005: 5), or as incertae sedis within the Siluriformes (2005: 6) .

Lacantunia enigmatica Rodiles-Hernández, Hendrickson & Lundberg, 2005

Lacantunia enigmatica Rodiles-Hernández, Hendrickson & Lundberg , in Rodiles-Hernández et al., 2005: 10, fig. 1. Type locality: México, Chiapas, Río Usumacinta basin, Río Lacantún , Selva Lacandona, Reserva de la Biosfera Montes Azules, 16º08.083'N, 90º55.317'W. Holotype: ECO-SC 3859.

Distribution: Usumacinta River basin, Chiapas, Mexico (Rodiles-Hernández et al., 2005).