Taxonomic overview: Burgess (1989), Teugels (1996), Teugels (2003a), Nelson (2006).

Fauna: Eigenmann (1920b, 1922b, 1927, western South America); Herre (1926, Philippines); Hora & Gupta (1941, Malay peninsula); Kottelat et al., (1993, western Indonesia); Kottelat (2001a, Vietnam); Kottelat (2001b, Laos); Rainboth (1996, Cambodian Mekong); Skelton (1993, 2001, southern Africa); Nichols (1943, China); Chu et al. (1999, China); Fowler (1951a, 1954, Brazil); Le Bail et al. (2000, French Guiana); Jayaram (1978a, 1981, 1999, southern Asia); Tan & Ng (2000, central Sumatra), Page & Burr (1991, North America), Miller et al. (2005, Mexico).

Review: Day (1877a, India); Misra (1976, India and South Asia); Jayaram (1977d, various families); Menon (1999, India); Gayet & Meunier (2003, fossil taxa).

Phylogeny: Chardon (1968), Mo (1991), Arratia (1992), de Pinna (1998a), Diogo (2003a, 2004 a, b); Hardman (2005); de Pinna (1996, several Asian families); Howes (1983b, loricarioid families), Arratia & Huaquin (1995, loricarioid families); Peng et al. (2005, Chinese species).

Checklist: Kottelat (1985, Cambodia); Kottelat (1989a, Indochina); Mirza (1980, Pakistan and Azad Kashmir); Gosline (1942, 1945, Neotropics); Reis et al. (2003, Neotropics).