FAMILY Synanceiidae Kaup, 1873 – stonefishes SUBFAMILY Minoinae Jordan & Starks 1904 - stingfishes GENUS Minous Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 - stingfishes [=Corythobatus, Decterias, Lysodermus, Paraminous] Species Minous andriashevi Mandrytsa, 1990 - Mandrytsa's stingfish Species Minous coccineus Alcock, 1890 - onestick stingfish [=superciliosus] Species Minous dempsterae Eschmeyer et al., 1979 - oblique-banded stingfish Species Minous inermis Alcock, 1889 - Alcock's scorpionfish [=longipinnis] Species Minous longimanus Regan, 1908 - longfin stingfish Species Minous monodactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) - grey stingfish [=adamsii, biaculeata, blochi, echigonius, oxycephalus, russellii, satsumae, woora] Species Minous pictus Gunther, 1880 - painted stingfish Species Minous pusillus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 - dwarf stingfish Species Minous quincarinatus (Fowler, 1843) - Fowler's stingfish Species Minous trachycephalus (Bleeker, 1855) - striped stingfish Species Minous usachevi Mandrytsa, 1993 - Usachev's stingfish Species Minous versicolor Ogilby, 1910 - plumstriped stingfish SUBFAMILY Choridactylinae Kaup 1859 - stingers GENUS Choridactylus Richardson, 1848 - stingers [=Choridactylodes] Species Choridactylus multibarbus Richardson, 1848 - orangebanded stinger Species Choridactylus natalensis (Gilchrist, 1902) - threestick stingfish Species Choridactylus striatus Mandrytsa, 1993 - striated stinger [=lineatus] GENUS Inimicus Jordan & Starks, 1904 - stingers [=Chorismopelor, Pelor, Simopias] Species Inimicus brachyrhynchus (Bleeker, 1874) - Bleeker's stinger Species Inimicus caledonicus (Sauvage, 1878) - Chinese ghoul [=barbatus] Species Inimicus cuvieri (Gray, 1835) - Cuvier's stinger Species Inimicus didactylus (Pallas, 1769) - goblinfish [=bifilis, digitata, maculatum, obscurum, rubicunda] Species Inimicus filamentosus (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) – filamentous-finned stinger Species Inimicus gruzovi Mandrytsa, 1991 - Gruzov's stinger Species Inimicus japonicus (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) - devil stinger [=aurantiacum, tirginum] Species Inimicus joubini (Chevey, 1927) - Joubin's stinger Species Inimicus sinensis (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833) - spotted ghoul [=cirrhosus] Species Inimicus smirnovi Mandrytsa, 1990 - Smirnov's stinger SUBFAMILY Synanceiinae Swainson 1839 - stonefishes GENUS Dampierosa Whitley, 1932 - stingers Species Dampierosa daruma Whitley, 1932 - Daruma stinger GENUS Erosa Swainson, 1839 - stonefishes [=Synanchia] Species Erosa erosa (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) - pitted stonefish [=fratrum, iridea] GENUS Leptosynanceia Bleeker, 1874 - stonefishes Species Leptosynanceia asteroblepa (Richardson, 1844) - astroblepa stonefish [=greenmani] GENUS Pseudosynanceia Day, 1875 - stonefishes Species Pseudosynanceia melanostigma Day, 1875 - blackfin stonefish GENUS Synanceia Bloch & Schneider, 1801 - stonefishes [=Barffianus, Bufichthys, Deleastes, Emmydrichthys, Nofua, Phrynichthys, Spurco, Synanceichthys, Synancidium] Species Synanceia alula Eschmeyer & Rama-Rao, 1973 - alula stonefish Species Synanceia horrida (Linnaeus, 1766) - estuarine stonefish [=alepidota, grossa, monstrosa, trachynis] Species Synanceia nana Eschmeyer & Rama-Rao, 1973 - Red Sea stonefish Species Synanceia platyrhynchus Bleeker, 1874 - flatnose stonefish Species Synanceia verrucosa Bloch & Schneider, 1801 - stonefish [=bicapillata, bicirrata, brachiata, brachio, brachion, daector, maneae, sanguinolenta, thersites, vulcanus] GENUS Trachicephalus Swainson, 1839 - stonefishes [=Polycaulus, Trichophasia] Species Trachicephalus uranoscopus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) - stargazer stonefish [=adhaesipinnis, breviceps, elongata, indicus]