Anoplopomatoidei
Cottoidei
Dactylopteroidei
Hexagrammoidei
Normanichthyiodei
Platycephaloidei
Scorpaenoidei
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Scorpaeniformes is an order of
ray-finned fish, also called the Scleroparei or
Dactylopteriformes, closely related to and sometimes
included in the
Perciformes.
They are known as "mail-cheeked" fishes due to their
distinguishing characteristic, the suborbital stay: a
backwards extension of the third infraorbital bone (part of
the skull, below the eye socket) across the cheek to the preoperculum,
to which it is connected in most species.
Classification
The division of Scorpaeniformes into families is not
settled; accounts range from 26 families[1][2]
to 35 families[3][4].
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William N.
Eschmeyer, Carl J. Ferraris, Mysi D. Hoang, Douglas J.
Long (1998). Catalog of Fishes. California
Academy of Sciences.
ISBN 0-940228-47-5.
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"Scorpaeniformes".
FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly.
February 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
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Icelidae is described as a separate family by some
sources
[1], containing only the genus
Icelus. However, this genus which is considered
to be a member of
Cottidae by most other sources
[2]
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Parabembridae is included in
Bembridae in ITIS and Nelson, but split in FishBase
and Eschmeyer.
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Apistidae, Neosebastidae, Plectrogenidae, Sebastidae,
and Setarchidae are included in Scorpaenidae in ITIS and Nelson, but split in
FishBase and Eschmeyer.
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Peristediidae is included in
Triglidae in ITIS and Nelson, but split in FishBase
and Eschmeyer.