The Family Pimelodidae contains these Genera:
- Brachyplatystoma
- Brachyrhamdia
- Calophysus
- Cetopsorhambia
- Heptapterus
- Imparfinis
- Luciopimelodus
- Microglanis
- Phractocephalus
- Pimelodella
- Pimelodus
- Pseudopimelodus
- Rhambia
- Rhamdella
- Sorubim
- Sorubimichthys
- Zungaro = Paulicea