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Scorpaeniformes
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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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