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)