Ayarnangra Caelatoglanis Conta Erethistes Erethistoides Hara Pseudolaguvia Erethistidae are a family of catfishes that originate from southern Asia.

[2] They were removed because they were thought to be more closely related to the neotropical Aspredinidae than to the remaining sisorids due to a number of morphological characters.

[4] Erethistids are found on the Indian subcontinent eastwards to western Thailand and northern Malay Peninsula.

[5] Erethistids are distinguished from sisorids by having a pectoral girdle with a long coracoid process that extends well beyond the base of the pectoral fin; this structure can be felt through the skin in all genera and is visible externally in all genera except Pseudolaguvia.

[6] Some erethistids possess a thoracic adhesive apparatus formed by longitudinal skin folds densely covered with unculi that appears to be an adaptation to life in fast-flowing waters; this closely resembles a similar structure in the sisorid Glyptothorax.