Scorpaeniformes

Scorpaeniformes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Scorpaeniformes
Families
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[?])
• ...