Scorpaeniformes
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.
Here is a list of mail-cheeked fishes:
- Psychrolutes marcidus
- De Beaufort's flathead
- Australian prowfish
- Sea robin
- Peristediidae
- Eschmeyer nexus
- Velvetfish
- Stonefish
- Rockfish
- Thornyhead
- Adelosebastes
- Spiny scorpionfish
- Sebastolobus altivelis
- Horsefish
- Stickleback
Classification
[change | change source]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)
- Superfamily Congiopodoidea
- 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)
- Superfamily Platycephaloidea
- 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
- Family Bathymasteridae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 (Ronquils)
- Family Ptilichthyidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 (Quillfish)
- 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)
- Superfamily Anarhichadoidea
- 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)
- Superfamily Anoplopomatoidea (Quast, 1965)
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Scorpaeniformes" in FishBase. February 2006 version.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2021). "Erilepis zonifer" in FishBase. June 2021 version.
General references
[change | change source]- "Scorpaeniformes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 March 2006.
- J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World Archived 2019-04-08 at the Wayback Machine (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 467–495
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