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Scorpaenidae
Taxonomic Serial No.: 166704

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Family
	Synonym(s):	Parascorpaena armata (Rüppell)
		Synancejidae
		Setarchidae
		Sebastidae
		Neosebastinae
		Tetraroginae
		Scorpaeninae
		Sebastinae
		Sebastolobinae
		Pteroinae
		Pteroninae
	Common Name(s):	firefishes [English]
		goblinfishes [English]
		rockfishes [English]
		scorpionfishes [English]
		escorpiones y rocotes [Spanish]
		rascasses [French]
		scorpènes [French]
		scorpénidés [French]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2005

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Actinopterygii – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées
	Class	Teleostei
	Superorder	Acanthopterygii
	Order	Scorpaeniformes – chabots, rascasses, mail-cheeked fishes, scorpion fishes, sculpins
	Suborder	Scorpaenoidei
	Family	Scorpaenidae – firefishes, goblinfishes, rockfishes, scorpionfishes, escorpiones y rocotes, rascasses, scorpènes, scorpénidés
		Direct Children:
	Genus	Ablabys Kaup, 1873
	Genus	Adelosebastes Eschmeyer, Abe and Nakano, 1979
	Genus	Apistops Ogilby, 1911
	Genus	Apistus Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829
	Genus	Aploactis Temminck and Schlegel, 1843
	Genus	Brachypterois Fowler, 1938
	Genus	Centropogon Günther, 1860
	Genus	Cheroscorpaena Mees, 1964
	Genus	Choridactylus Richardson, 1848
	Genus	Cottapistus Bleeker, 1876
	Genus	Dampierosa Whitley, 1932
	Genus	Dendrochirus Swainson, 1839
	Genus	Ebosia Jordan and Starks, 1904
	Genus	Ectreposebastes Garman, 1899
	Genus	Erosa Swainson, 1839
	Genus	Glyptauchen Günther, 1860
	Genus	Gymnapistes Swainson, 1839
	Genus	Helicolenus Goode and Bean, 1896
	Genus	Hipposcorpaena Fowler, 1938
	Genus	Hoplosebastes Schmidt, 1929
	Genus	Hozukius Matsubara, 1934
	Genus	Idiastion Eschmeyer, 1965
	Genus	Inimicus Jordan and Starks, 1904
	Genus	Iracundus Jordan and Evermann, 1903
	Genus	Leptosynanceia Bleeker, 1874
	Genus	Liocranium Ogilby, 1903
	Genus	Lioscorpius Günther, 1880
	Genus	Maxillicosta Whitley, 1935
	Genus	Minous Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829
	Genus	Neocentropogon Matsubara, 1943
	Genus	Neomerinthe Fowler, 1935
	Genus	Neoscorpaena Mandrytsa, 2001
	Genus	Neosebastes Guichenot, 1867
	Genus	Neovespicula Mandrytsa, 2001
	Genus	Notesthes Ogilby, 1903
	Genus	Ocosia Jordan and Starks, 1904
	Genus	Paracentropogon Bleeker, 1876
	Genus	Parapterois Bleeker, 1876
	Genus	Parascorpaena Bleeker, 1876
	Genus	Phenacoscorpius Fowler, 1938
	Genus	Plectrogenium Gilbert, 1905
	Genus	Pogonoscorpius Regan, 1908
	Genus	Pontinus Poey, 1860
	Genus	Pseudosynanceia Day, 1875
	Genus	Pseudovespicula Mandrytsa, 2001
	Genus	Pteroidichthys Bleeker, 1856
	Genus	Pterois Oken, 1817 – butterfly-cods, lionfishes, turkeyfishes, zebrafishes
	Genus	Pteropelor Fowler, 1938
	Genus	Rhinopias Gill, 1905
	Genus	Richardsonichthys Smith, 1958
	Genus	Scorpaena Linnaeus, 1758 – scorpionfishes
	Genus	Scorpaenodes Bleeker, 1857
	Genus	Scorpaenopsis Heckel, 1837
	Genus	Sebastapistes Gill in Streets, 1877
	Genus	Sebastes Cuvier, 1829 – rockfishes, rockcod, rosefishes
	Genus	Sebastiscus Jordan and Starks, 1904
	Genus	Sebastolobus Gill, 1881
	Genus	Setarches Johnson, 1862
	Genus	Snyderina Jordan and Starks, 1901
	Genus	Synanceia Bloch and Schneider, 1801
	Genus	Taenianotus Lacepède, 1802
	Genus	Tetraroge Günther, 1860
	Genus	Thysanichthys Jordan and Starks, 1904
	Genus	Trachicephalus Swainson, 1839
	Genus	Trachyscorpia Ginsburg, 1953
	Genus	Ursinoscorpaenopsis Nakabo and Yamada, 1996
	Genus	Vespicula Jordan and Richardson, 1910

	Family	Scorpaenidae incertae sedis
		Children with Uncertain Position:
	Species	Parascorpaena bleekeri (Day, 1878) – Bleeker's stingfish
	Species	Parascorpaena erostris (Alcock, 1896) – deepwater stingfish

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:
	Notes:
	Reference for:

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	ITIS*^ca, website (version 2002)
	Acquired:	2003
	Notes:
	Reference for:	rascasses[French], scorpènes [French], scorpénidés [French]

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Scorpaenidae

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Hureau, J.-C., and Th. Monod, eds.
	Publication Date:	1973
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Check-list of the fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean (Clofnam), vol. 1
	Page(s):	xxii + 683
	Publisher:	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
	Publication Place:	Paris, France
	ISBN/ISSN:	92-3-001100-2, 0385-1109
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Scorpaenidae

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Moore, Jon A., Karsten E. Hartel, James E. Craddock, and John K. Galbraith
	Publication Date:	2003
	Article/Chapter Title:	An annotated list of deepwater fishes from off the New England region, with new area records
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Northeastern Naturalist, vol. 10, no. 2
	Page(s):	159-248
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	1092-6194
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Scorpaenidae

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Nelson, Joseph S.
	Publication Date:	1994
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Fishes of the World, Third Edition
	Page(s):	xvii + 600
	Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons
	Publication Place:	New York, New York, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-471-54713-1
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Scorpaenidae

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds.
	Publication Date:	2004
	Article/Chapter Title:	Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29
	Page(s):	ix + 386
	Publisher:	American Fisheries Society
	Publication Place:	Bethesda, Maryland, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	1-888569-61-1, 0097-0638
	Notes:	Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams
	Reference for:	escorpiones y rocotes[Spanish], scorpènes [French], scorpionfishes [English]

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al.
	Publication Date:	1980
	Article/Chapter Title:	A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12
	Page(s):	174
	Publisher:	American Fisheries Society
	Publication Place:	Bethesda, Maryland, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Scorpaenidae

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al.
	Publication Date:	1991
	Article/Chapter Title:	Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20
	Page(s):	183
	Publisher:	American Fisheries Society
	Publication Place:	Bethesda, Maryland, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-913235-70-9, 0097-0638
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Scorpaenidae

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Shiino, Sueo M.
	Publication Date:	1976
	Article/Chapter Title:	List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4
	Page(s):	262
	Publisher:	Shima Marineland
	Publication Place:	Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan
	ISBN/ISSN:	0385-1109
	Notes:
	Reference for:	firefishes[English]

Geographic Information


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Comments


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