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Non-monophyletic taxon:
Family
Scorpaenidae
Risso, 1827
- scorpionfishes
(fish)
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Entity:
Scorpaenoidei (Suborder)
..Bembridae (Family) - deepwater flatheads
..Congiopodidae (Family) - racehorses
..Hoplichthyidae (Family) - spiny flatheads
..Neosebastidae (Family) - gurnard scorpionfishes
..Normanichthyidae (Family) - barehead scorpionfishes
..Platycephalidae (Family) - flatheads
..Plectrogeniidae (Family) - stinger flatheads
..Synanceiidae (Family) - stonefishes
..Triglidae (Family) - searobins
..Zanclorhynchidae (Family) - horsefishes
..Scorpaenidae (Family) - scorpionfishes
....Caracanthinae (Subfamily) - coral crouchers
....Pteroinae (Subfamily) - turkeyfishes and lionfishes
....Scorpaeninae (Subfamily) - scorpionfishes
....Sebastinae (Subfamily) - rockfishes
....Sebastolobinae (Subfamily) - thornyheads
....Setarchinae (Subfamily) - deepsea bristly scorpionfishes
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Animalia
-
(Phylum)
Chordata
-
(Class)
Actinopteri
-
(Order)
Perciformes
Phylogeny
Not Monophyletic
Ref:
R. Betancur-R et al., 2017
: 31 ("not monophyletic in Fig. 2").
Current position
Scorpaenoidei
(Suborder)
Klein, 1885
Ref:
R. van der Laan, 2018
: 85; ECoF(14 Mar 2025).
Alternative positions
Scorpaeniformes
(Order)
Bloch, 1789
Ref:
N. Bailly et al., 2001
: 368.
Historical positions
Scorpaenoidei
(Suborder)
Klein, 1885
Ref:
R. van der Laan, 2018
: 85.
Scorpaenoidei
(Suborder)
Klein, 1885
Ref:
R. Betancur-R et al., 2017
: 31.
Scorpaenoidei
(Suborder)
Klein, 1885
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 468-469.
Scorpaenoidei
(Suborder)
Klein, 1885
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 24 Jan 2006.
Scorpaenoidei
(Suborder)
Klein, 1885
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011
: 33.
Scorpaenoidei
(Suborder)
Klein, 1885
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 321.
Scorpaeniformes
(Order)
Bloch, 1789
Ref:
N. Bailly et al., 2001
: 368.
Scorpaenoidei
(Suborder)
Klein, 1885
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998
: 2473.
Scorpaeniformes
(Order)
Bloch, 1789
Ref:
1998
Scorpaenoidei
(Suborder)
Klein, 1885
Ref:
R.L. Carroll, 1988
: 608.
Scorpaenoidei
(Suborder)
Klein, 1885
Ref:
R.A. Fritzsche, 1982
: 907.
Scorpaeniformes
(Order)
Bloch, 1789
Ref:
T.I. Storer et al., 1979
: 686.
Number of Subtaxa
2025
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
39g;339s;8ss
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
: 26 Aug 2025
[39g]
2011
W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong
: 33
25g;216s
1982
R.A. Fritzsche
: 907
8sf;60g;[>]330s
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Last updated:
21 Sep 2025