Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes

Classification

Order: Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

Families

Scorpaenichthyidae

Scorpaenidae - Scorpionfishes

Anarhichadidae - Wolffishes

Triglidae - Gurnards

Zoarcidae - Eelpout

Cottidae - Cottids

Cyclopteridae - Lumpfishes

Sebastidae - Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyhead

Stichaeidae - Pricklebacks

Hexagrammidae - Greenlings

Platycephalidae - Flatheads

Comephoridae - Baikal oilfishes

Pholidae - Gunnels

Liparidae - Snailfishes

Anoplopomatidae - Sablefishes

Cryptacanthodidae - Wrymouths

Agonidae - Poachers

Zaproridae - Prowfish

Opisthocentridae - Rearspined fin pricklebacks

Normanichthyidae - Barehead scorpionfishes

Pataecidae - Australian prowfishes

Perryenidae - Whitenose pigfishes

Plectrogeniidae - Stinger flatheads

Psychrolutidae - Fatheads

Parabembridae - Sprat-like flatheads

Ptilichthyidae - Quillfish

Peristediidae - Armored searobins or armored gurnards

Zaniolepididae - Combfishes

Zanclorhynchidae - Horsefishes

Tetrarogidae - Wasp fishes

Synanceiidae - Stonefishes

Setarchidae - Deep-sea bristly scorpionfishes

Scytalinidae - Graveldivers

Rhamphocottidae - Grunt sculpins

Neozoarcidae - Largemouth kissing eelpouts

Neosebastidae - Gurnard scorpionfishes

Apistidae - Wasp scorpionfishes

Aploactinidae - Velvetfishes

Bathylutichthyidae - Antarctic sculpins

Bathymasteridae - Ronquils

Bembridae - Deepwater flatheads

Caracanthidae - Orbicular velvetfishes

Congiopodidae - Racehorses or pigfishes

Cottocomephoridae - Bighead sculpins

Ereuniidae - Deepwater bullhead sculpins

Eschmeyeridae - Cofishes

Eulophiidae - Spinous fin eelpouts

Gnathanacanthidae - Red velvetfish

Hemitripteridae - Sea ravens or sailfin sculpins

Hoplichthyidae - Ghost flatheads

Jordaniidae - Longfin sculpins

Lumpenidae - Eel pricklebacks

Abyssocottidae - Deep-water sculpins

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