Scorpaeniformes

Scorpaeniformes

<tr><th bgcolor=pink>Scientific classification <tr><td>

<tr><td>Kingdom:<td>Animalia <tr><td>Phylum:<td>Chordata <tr><td>Class:<td>Actinopterygii <tr><td>Order:<td>Scorpaeniformes </table> <tr><th bgcolor=pink>Families <tr><td> See text </table> </table> 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: Suborder Dactylopteroidei
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Dactylopteridae
Suborder Scorpaenoidei
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Scorpaenidae (scorpionfishes and rockfishes)
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Caracanthidae
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Aploactinidae
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Pataecidae
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Gnathanacanthidae
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Congiopodidae
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Triglidae
Suborder Platycephaloidei
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Bembridae
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Platycephalidae (flatheads)
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Hoplichthyidae
Suborder Anoplopomatoidei
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Anoplopomatidae
Suborder Hexagrammoidei
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Hexagrammidae
Suborder Normanichthyiodei
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Normanichthyidae
Suborder Cottoidei
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Rhamphocottidae
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Ereuniidae
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Cottidae (sculpins)
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Comephoridae
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Abyssocottidae
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Hemitripteridae
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Agonidae
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Psychrolutidae
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Bathylutichthyidae
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Cyclopteridae (lumpsuckers)
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Liparidae (snailfishes) da:Ulkefisk de:Panzerwangen

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