The '''Aspredinidae''' are a small [[South America]]n [[family (biology)|family]] of [[catfish]]es ([[order (biology)|order]] Siluriformes) also known as the '''banjo catfishes'''.<ref name="Nelson"/>
==DistributionDistribuição==
AspredinidsAspredinídeos aresâo foundnaturais throughoutde tropicalriachos da [[SouthAmérica Americado sul]]'s rivers such asthedesde [[Magdalena River|Magdalena]], [[Orinoco]], [[AmazonRio RiverAmazonas|AmazonAmazonas]], and [[Rio Paraguay River|ParaguayParaguai]]-[[Paraná River|Paraná]] Rivers, ande thea coastalregiâo regioncostal fromdos thedeltas do Orinoco ande AmazonAmazonas deltas. ''[[Bunocephalus]]'' isé theo onlyúnico genusgênero foundpresente innos riversandes westincluindo of theo [[Andes]]Rio including the [[Atrato River|Atrato]], [[Rio San Juan River|San Juan]], ande [[Rio Patia River]]s.<ref name="Friel1994">{{cite paper|url=http://www.cumv.cornell.edu/pdf/Friel_Ph.D._Thesis_1994.pdf|title=A Phylogenetic Study of the Neotropical Banjo Catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Aspredinidae)|author=Friel, John Patrick|publisher=Duke University, Durham, NC|date=1994-12-13|accessdate=2007-08-07|format=[[PDF]]}}</ref>
