Scorpaeniformes

order of fishes

The Scorpaeniformes, also known as the mail-cheeked fishes, are a diverse order of marine and freshwater ray-finned fish. They belong in the group Scleroparei. Scorpaeniforms are widespread throughout the oceans of the world. An example is the sculpin.

Pterois antennata

Here is a list of mail-cheeked fishes:

Classification

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Order Scorpaeniformes

  • Suborder Scorpaenoidei
    • Superfamily Congiopodoidea
      • Family Aploactinidae Jordan & Starks, 1904 (Velvetfishes)
      • Family Congiopodidae Gill, 1889 (Racehorses, pigfishes or horsefishes)
    • Superfamily Pataecoidea
      • Family Pataecidae Gill, 1872 (Australian prowfishes)
      • Family Gnathanacanthidae Gill, 1892 (Red velvetfish)
    • Superfamily Scorpaenoidea
      • Family Eschmeyeridae Mandrytsa, 2001 (the cofish)
      • Family Scorpaenidae Risso, 1827 (Scorpionfishes)
  • Suborder Platycephaloidei
    • Superfamily Platycephaloidea
      • Family Bembridae Kaup, 1873 (Deepwater flatheads)
      • Family Platycephalidae Swainson, 1839 (True flatheads)
      • Family Hoplichthyidae Kaup, 1873 (Ghost flatheads)
    • Superfamily Trigloidea
      • Family Triglidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Common searobins)
      • Family Peristediidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 (Armored searobins)
  • Suborder Normanichthyiodei
    • Family Normanichthyidae Clark, 1837 (the Barehead scorpionfish or mote sculpin)
  • Suborder Zoarcoidei
    • Superfamily Anarhichadoidea
      • Family Anarhichadidae Bonaparte, 1835 (Wolffishes)
      • Family Cryptacanthodidae Gill, 1861 (Wrymouths)
      • Family Stichaeidae Gill, 1864 (Pricklebacks)
      • Family Pholidae Gill, 1893 (Gunnels)
    • Superfamily Bathymasteroidea
    • Superfamily Zoarcoidea
      • Family Eulophiidae H. M. Smith, 1902 (Spinous eelpouts)
      • Family Zoarcidae Swainson, 1839 (True Eelpouts)
    • Superfamily Zaproroidea
      • Family Scytalinidae Jordan & Starks, 1895 (Graveldivers)
      • Family Zaproridae Jordan, 1896 (Prowfishes)
  • Suborder Gasterosteoidei
    • Family Hypoptychidae Steindachner, 1880 (the Korean Sandlance)
    • Family Aulorhynchidae Gill (1861) (Tubesnouts)
    • Family Gasterosteidae Bonaparte, 1831 (Sticklebacks)
  • Suborder Cottoidei
    • Superfamily Anoplopomatoidea (Quast, 1965)
      • Family Anoplopomatidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 (Blackcod)
    • Superfamily Zaniolepidoidea Shinohara, 1994
      • Family Zaniolepididae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 (Combfishes)
    • Superfamily Hexagrammoidea Gill, 1889
      • Family Hexagrammidae Jordan, 1888 (Greenlings)
    • Superfamily Trichodontoidea Nazarkin & Voskoboinikova, 2000
      • Family Trichodontidae Bleeker, 1859 (Sandfishes)
    • Superfamily Cottoidea Gill, 1889
      • Family Jordaniidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 (Longfin sculpins)
      • Family Rhamphocottidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 (Grunt sculpins)
      • Family Scorpaenichthyidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898
      • Family Agonidae Swainson, 1839 (Poachers and searavens)
      • Family Cottidae Bonaparte, 1831 (Sculpins)
      • Family Psychrolutidae Günther, 1861 (Bighead sculpins)
      • Family Bathylutichthyidae Balushkin & Voskoboinikova, 1990 (Antarctic sculpins)
    • Superfamily Cyclopteroidea Gill, 1873
      • Family Cyclopteridae Bonaparte, 1831 (lumpfishes or lumpsuckers)
      • Family Liparidae Gill, 1861 (Snailfishes)
 
Deepwater scorpionfish (Setarchinae)
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References

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  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Scorpaeniformes" in FishBase. February 2006 version.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2021). "Erilepis zonifer" in FishBase. June 2021 version.

General references

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Taxon identifiers
  • Wikidata: Q208777
  • Wikispecies: Scorpaeniformes
  • ADW: Scorpaeniformes
  • AFD: Scorpaeniformes
  • BOLD: 258
  • CoL: 42M
  • EoL: 46567840
  • EPPO: 1SCOPO
  • Fauna Europaea: 12061
  • Fauna Europaea (new): 4407964d-a6a5-427d-b2fe-589f91a64106
  • Fossilworks: 35887
  • GBIF: 590
  • iNaturalist: 47286
  • IRMNG: 11378
  • ITIS: 166702
  • NBN: NBNSYS0000172162
  • NCBI: 8091
  • NZOR: 06d718aa-a222-4302-bf16-d0a546e48362
  • Plazi: AB0787CD-0A42-FF9C-FDAB-FCFAE5B62628
  • uBio: 113924
  • WoRMS: 10329
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