• Ageneiosidae
• Ailiidae Bleeker, 1858
• Akysidae Gill, 1861
• Amblycipitidae Day, 1873
• Amphiliidae Regan, 1911
• Anchariidae Glaw & Vences, 1994
• Ariidae Bleeker, 1858
• Aspredinidae Adams, 1854
• Astroblepidae Bleeker, 1862
• Auchenipteridae Bleeker, 1862
• Austroglanididae Mo, 1991
• Bagridae Bleeker, 1858
• Callichthyidae Bonaparte, 1835
• Cetopsidae Bleeker, 1858
• Chacidae Bleeker, 1858
• Clariidae Bonaparte, 1845
• Claroteidae Bleeker, 1862
• Cranoglanididae Myers, 1931
• Diplomystidae Eigenmann, 1890
• Doradidae Bleeker, 1858
• Erethistidae Bleeker, 1862
• Helogeneidae accepted as Helogeninae Regan, 1911
• Heptapteridae Gill, 1861
• Heteropneustidae Hora, 1936
• Horabagridae Jayaram, 2006
• Ictaluridae Gill, 1861
• Kryptoglanidae Britz, Kakkassery & Raghavan, 2014
• Lacantuniidae Rodiles-Hernández, Hendrickson & Lundberg, 2005
• Loricariidae Rafinesque, 1815
• Malapteruridae Bleeker, 1858
• Mochokidae Regan, 1912
• Nematogenyidae Bleeker, 1862
• Olyridae Gill, 1893
• Pangasiidae Bleeker, 1858
• Parakysidae Roberts, 1989 accepted as Akysidae Gill, 1861
• Phreatobiidae Reichel, 1927
• Pimelodidae Bonaparte, 1835
• Plotosidae Bleeker, 1858
• Pseudopimelodidae Fernández-Yépez & Antón, 1966
• Ritidae Bleeker, 1862
• Schilbeidae Bleeker, 1858
• Scoloplacidae Bailey & Baskin, 1976
• Siluridae Rafinesque, 1815
• Sisoridae Bleeker, 1858
• Trichomycteridae Bleeker, 1858