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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 (snailfishes)

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)
Liparidae (Snailfishes)

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