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 
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)
 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)
 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)
 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)


 Related pages 
 Atractosteus
 Kyphosichthys

 References 

 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 

 "Scorpaeniformes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 March 2006.
 J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World  (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 467–495

 Other websites 

 http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=10329

Category:Scorpaeniformes
Category:Ray-finned fish