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Scorpaenidae Risso, 1826

115737  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:115737)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Actinopterygii (Class)
  6. Scorpaeniformes (Order)
  7. Scorpaenidae (Family)
accepted
Family
Caracanthidae · unaccepted
Pteroidae · unaccepted

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  1. Genus Brachypterois Fowler, 1938
  2. Genus Caracanthus Krøyer, 1845
  3. Genus Dendrochirus Swainson, 1839
  4. Genus Ebosia Jordan & Starks, 1904
  5. Genus Eopterois Schwarzhans, Stringer & Takeuchi, 2024 †
  6. Genus Hipposcorpaena Fowler, 1938
  7. Genus Hoplosebastes Schmidt, 1929
  8. Genus Idiastion Eschmeyer, 1965
  9. Genus Iracundus Jordan & Evermann, 1903
  10. Genus Neochirus Chou, Liu & Liao, 2023
  11. Genus Neomerinthe Fowler, 1935
  12. Genus Neoscorpaena Mandrytsa, 2001
  13. Genus Parapterois Bleeker, 1876
  14. Genus Parascorpaena Bleeker, 1876
  15. Genus Phenacoscorpius Fowler, 1938
  16. Genus Pogonoscorpius Regan, 1908
  17. Genus Pontinus Poey, 1860
  18. Genus Pteroidichthys Bleeker, 1856
  19. Genus Pterois Oken, 1817
  20. Genus Pteropelor Fowler, 1938
  21. Genus Raususetarches Yabumoto & Nazarkin, 2021 †
  22. Genus Rhinopias Gill, 1905
  23. Genus Scorpaena Linnaeus, 1758
  24. Genus Scorpaenodes Bleeker, 1857
  25. Genus Scorpaenopsis Heckel, 1839
  26. Genus Sebastapistes Gill, 1877
  27. Genus Taenianotus Lacepède, 1802
  28. Genus Ursinoscorpaenopsis Nakabo & Yamada, 1996
  29. Genus Acanthodes Fourmanoir & Crosnier, 1964 (Unavailable name (no generic description))
  30. Genus Ambliapistus accepted as Amblyapistus Bleeker, 1876 accepted as Ablabys Kaup, 1873 (misspelling)
  31. Genus Amblyapistus Bleeker, 1876 accepted as Ablabys Kaup, 1873 (synonym)
  32. Genus Amphiprionichthys Bleeker, 1855 accepted as Caracanthus Krøyer, 1845
  33. Genus Amphprionichthys Bleeker, 1855 accepted as Caracanthus Krøyer, 1845
  34. Genus Anisocheirus Whitley, 1931 accepted as Dendrochirus Swainson, 1839
  35. Genus Brachirus Swainson, 1838 accepted as Dendrochirus Swainson, 1839
  36. Genus Brachyrus Swainson, 1838 accepted as Dendrochirus Swainson, 1839
  37. Genus Brachyurus Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Dendrochirus Swainson, 1839
  38. Genus Centropus Kner, 1860 accepted as Caracanthus Krøyer, 1845
  39. Genus Choridactylodes Gilchrist, 1902 accepted as Choridactylus Richardson, 1848 (synonym)
  40. Genus Chorismodactylus Günther, 1860 accepted as Choridactylus Richardson, 1848 (unjustified emendation)
  41. Genus Crossoderma Guichenot, 1869 accepted as Caracanthus Krøyer, 1845
  42. Genus Crossoscorpaena Fowler, 1938 accepted as Pontinus Poey, 1860
  43. Genus Dendroscorpaena Smith, 1957 accepted as Scorpaenopsis Heckel, 1839 (synonym)
  44. Genus Holoscorpaena Fowler, 1944 accepted as Scorpaena Linnaeus, 1758
  45. Genus Hypomacrus Evermann & Seale, 1907 accepted as Scorpaenodes Bleeker, 1857 (synonym)
  46. Genus Kantapus Smith, 1947 accepted as Scorpaena Linnaeus, 1758
  47. Genus Macrochirus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Pterois Oken, 1817
  48. Genus Merinthe Snyder, 1904 accepted as Pontinus Poey, 1860
  49. Genus Metzelaaria Jordan, 1923 accepted as Scorpaenodes Bleeker, 1857
  50. Genus Micropus Gray, 1831 accepted as Caracanthus Krøyer, 1845
  51. Genus Nemapontinus Fowler, 1938 accepted as Pontinus Poey, 1860
  52. Genus Nemapterois Fowler, 1938 accepted as Dendrochirus Swainson, 1839
  53. Genus Oligoscorpaena Fowler, 1939 accepted as Sebastapistes Gill, 1877
  54. Genus Osorioia Fowler, 1938 accepted as Scorpaena Linnaeus, 1758
  55. Genus Panotus Rafinesque, 1815 accepted as Taenianotus Lacepède, 1802
  56. Genus Parabrachirus Matsubara, 1943 accepted as Parapterois Bleeker, 1876
  57. Genus Parascorpaenodes Smith, 1957 accepted as Scorpaenodes Bleeker, 1857 (synonym)
  58. Genus Parascorpaenoides accepted as Parascorpaenodes Smith, 1957 accepted as Scorpaenodes Bleeker, 1857 (misspelling)
  59. Genus Paronescodes Smith, 1958 accepted as Scorpaenodes Bleeker, 1857 (synonym)
  60. Genus Pelor Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 accepted as Inimicus Jordan & Starks, 1904 (synonym)
  61. Genus Peloropsis Gilbert, 1905 accepted as Rhinopias Gill, 1905
  62. Genus Peoropsis accepted as Peloropsis Gilbert, 1905 accepted as Rhinopias Gill, 1905 (misspelling)
  63. Genus Pontius accepted as Pontinus Poey, 1860 (misspelling)
  64. Genus Prascorpaena accepted as Parascorpaena Bleeker, 1876 (misspelling)
  65. Genus Pseudomonopterus Sauvage, 1878 accepted as Pterois Oken, 1817
  66. Genus Pseudomonopterus Bleeker, 1863 accepted as Pterois Oken, 1817
  67. Genus Pseudopterus Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Pterois Oken, 1817
  68. Genus Pseudopterus Bleeker, 1876 accepted as Pterois Oken, 1817
  69. Genus Pseudopterus Klein, 1776 accepted as Pterois Oken, 1817
  70. Genus Pterais Heckel, 1839 accepted as Pterois Oken, 1817
  71. Genus Pterea Fleming, 1822 accepted as Pterois Oken, 1817
  72. Genus Pterodichthys accepted as Pteroidichthys Bleeker, 1856 (misspelling)
  73. Genus Pteroleptus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Pterois Oken, 1817
  74. Genus Pteropterus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Pterois Oken, 1817 (synonym)
  75. Genus Ranipterois Whitley, 1951 accepted as Brachypterois Fowler, 1938
  76. Genus Ruboralga Whitley, 1931 accepted as Scorpaena Linnaeus, 1758
  77. Genus Scorpaenichthys Bleeker, 1856 accepted as Scorpaenopsis Heckel, 1839 (synonym)
  78. Genus Scorpaenoides Priem, 1899 accepted as Scorpaenodes Bleeker, 1857 (misspelling)
  79. Genus Scorpaenopsella Fowler, 1938 accepted as Setarches Johnson, 1862 (synonym)
  80. Genus Scorpaeopsis accepted as Scorpaenopsis Heckel, 1839 (misspelling)
  81. Genus Scorpena Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Scorpaena Linnaeus, 1758
  82. Genus Scorpenna Kner, 1867 accepted as Scorpaena Linnaeus, 1758
  83. Genus Scorphaena Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Scorpaena Linnaeus, 1758
  84. Genus Scorpina Swainson, 1838 accepted as Scorpaena Linnaeus, 1758
  85. Genus Scorpinus Swainson, 1838 accepted as Scorpaena Linnaeus, 1758
  86. Genus Scorpius Plumier in Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Scorpaena Linnaeus, 1758
  87. Genus Scorpoena Bloch, 1787 accepted as Scorpaena Linnaeus, 1758
  88. Genus Sebastella Tanaka, 1917 accepted as Scorpaenodes Bleeker, 1857
  89. Genus Sebastipistes accepted as Sebastapistes Gill, 1877 (misspelling)
  90. Genus Sebastoplus Gill, 1863 accepted as Pontinus Poey, 1860
  91. Genus Sebastopsis Sauvage, 1873 accepted as Scorpaenodes Bleeker, 1857 (synonym)
  92. Genus Sebastopsis Gill, 1862 accepted as Scorpaenodes Bleeker, 1857
  93. Genus Sorpaenodes accepted as Scorpaenodes Bleeker, 1857 (misspelling)
  94. Genus Synanceichthys Bleeker, 1863 accepted as Synanceia Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (synonym)
  95. Genus Taenianothus accepted as Taenianotus Lacepède, 1802 (misspelling)
  96. Genus Taenianotis Swainson, 1838 accepted as Taenianotus Lacepède, 1802
  97. Genus Taeniatus accepted as Taenianotus Lacepède, 1802 (misspelling)
  98. Genus Taenionotus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Taenianotus Lacepède, 1802
  99. Genus Taenionotus Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Taenianotus Lacepède, 1802
  100. Genus Tenianotus Rafinesque, 1815 accepted as Taenianotus Lacepède, 1802
  101. Genus Thysanichthys Jordan & Starks, 1904 accepted as Scorpaenodes Bleeker, 1857 (synonym)
  102. Genus Toenianotus Duméril, 1805 accepted as Taenianotus Lacepède, 1802
  103. Genus Trachycephalus De Vis, 1884 accepted as Caracanthus Krøyer, 1845
  104. Genus Chiroleptus Swainson, 1839 (uncertain, unassessed)
  105. Genus Scorpaenidarum † (uncertain, unassessed)
  106. Genus Scorpeanodes (uncertain, unassessed)
  107. Genus Yacius Whitley, 1970 (uncertain, unassessed)
marine
recent + fossil
Not documented
IRMNG (2025). Scorpaenidae Risso, 1826. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115737 on 2026-05-05
Date
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2006-09-19 22:00:00Z
created
Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
Rees, Tony
2022-01-29 17:24:37Z
changed
Girard, Jean-Sébastien

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 

habitat flag source FishBase [details] 
Unreviewed
Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Osteichthyes (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Scorpaenoidei (Suborder) > Scorpaenidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info From FishBase: Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: All Marine. [details]

Nomenclatural status available [details]
To WoRMS (from synonym Caracanthidae)
To WoRMS 
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