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Scorpaeniformes is an order of ray-finned fish, also called the Scleroparei, closely related to and sometimes included in the Perciformes. There are about 20 families:
Suborder Dactylopteroidei
Dactylopteridae
Suborder Scorpaenoidei
Scorpaenidae (scorpionfishes and rockfishes)
Caracanthidae
Aploactinidae
Pataecidae
Gnathanacanthidae
Congiopodidae
Triglidae
Suborder Platycephaloidei
Bembridae
Platycephalidae (flatheads)
Hoplichthyidae
Suborder Anoplopomatoidei
Anoplopomatidae
Suborder Hexagrammoidei
Hexagrammidae
Suborder Normanichthyiodei
Normanichthyidae
Suborder Cottoidei
Rhamphocottidae
Ereuniidae
Cottidae (sculpins)
Comephoridae
Abyssocottidae
Hemitripteridae
Agonidae
Psychrolutidae
Bathylutichthyidae
Cyclopteridae (lumpsuckers)
Liparidae (snailfishes)
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