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Taxon: Suborder Scorpaenoidei Klein, 1885 (fish)
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Infraphylum [Gnathostomata] Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates see Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874
   Megaclass Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
     Superclass Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 see Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
       Class Actinopteri Cope, 1871
         Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
           Infraclass Teleostei Müller, 1845 see Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
             Megacohort Osteoglossocephalai
               Supercohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977 see Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                 Cohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966 see Subcohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966
                   Subcohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969 see Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                     Infracohort Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973 see Supersection Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973
                       Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                         Subsection Acanthomorphata Rosen, 1973
                           Division Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                             Subdivision Percomorphaceae
                               Series Eupercaria
                                 Order Perciformes Bleeker, 1859 - perches
                                   Suborder Scorpaenoidei Klein, 1885
                                     01 Family Scorpaenidae Risso, 1827 [non-monophyletic] - scorpionfishes
                                     02 Family Sebastidae Kaup, 1873 see Subfamily Sebastinae Kaup, 1873
                                     03 Family Setarchidae Matsubara, 1943 see Subfamily Setarchinae Matsubara, 1943
                                     04 Family Synanceiidae Swainson, 1839 - stonefishes
                                     05 Family Tetrarogidae Smith, 1949 - waspfishes see Subfamily Tetraroginae Smith, 1949
                                     06 Family Apistidae Gill, 1859 see Subfamily Apistinae Gill, 1859
                                     07 Family Aploactinidae Jordan & Starks, 1904 - velvetfishes see Subfamily Aploactininae Jordan & Starks, 1904
                                     08 Family Congiopodidae Gill, 1889 - racehorses
                                     09 Family Eschmeyeridae Mandrytsa, 2001 - cofishes see Subfamily Eschmeyerinae Mandrytsa, 2001
                                     10 Family Gnathanacanthidae Gill, 1892 - red velvetfishes see Subfamily Gnathanacanthinae Gill, 1892
                                     11 Family Neosebastidae Matsubara, 1943 - gurnard scorpionfishes
                                     12 Family Pataecidae Gill, 1872 - Australian prowfishes see Subfamily Pataecinae Gill, 1872
                                     13 Family Perryenidae Honma, Imamura & Kawai, 2013 see Subfamily Perryeninae Honma, Imamura & Kawai, 2013
                                     14 Family Zanclorhynchidae Andriashev, 1993 - horsefishes

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