Scorpaeniformes (original) (raw)
| Scorpaeniformes |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom:Animalia Phylum:Chordata Class:Actinopterygii Order:Scorpaeniformes |
| Families |
| Suborder Dactylopteroidei Dactylopteridae Suborder Scorpaenoidei Scorpaenidae Caracanthidae Aploactinidae Pataecidae Gnathanacanthidae Congiopodidae Triglidae Suborder Platycephaloidei Bembridae Platycephalidae (flatheads) Hoplichthyidae Suborder Anoplopomatoidei Anoplopomatidae Suborder Hexagrammoidei Hexagrammidae Suborder Normanichthyiodei Normanichthyidae Suborder Cottoidei Rhamphocottidae Ereuniidae Cottidae (sculpins) Comephoridae Abyssocottidae Hemitripteridae Agonidae Psychrolutidae Bathylutichthyidae Cyclopteridae (lumpsuckers) Liparidae |
Scorpaeniformes is an order of ray-finned fish, also called the Scleroparei, closely related to and sometimes included in the Perciformes. There are about 20 families, including the following:
- Scorpaenidae (scorpionfishes and rockfishes)
- Platycephalidae (flatheads)
- Cottidae (sculpins)
- Cyclopteridae (lumpsuckers)
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