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Scorpaenidae FAMILY Scorpaenidae Risso, 1826 – scorpionfishes SUBFAMILY Scorpaeninae Risso 1827 - scorpionfishes GENUS Hipposcorpaena Fowler, 1938 - scorpionfishes Species Hipposcorpaena filamentosa Fowler, 1938 - filamentous scorpionfish GENUS Hoplosebastes Schmidt, 1929 - scorpionfishes Species Hoplosebastes armatus Schmidt, 1929 - flower scorpionfish GENUS Idiastion Eschmeyer, 1965 - scorpionfishes Species Idiastion hageyi McCosker, 2008 - Hagey's scorpionfish Species Idiastion kyphos Eschmeyer, 1965 - kyphos scorpionfish Species Idiastion pacificum Ishida & Amaoka, 1992 - flame humpback scorpionfish GENUS Iracundus Jordan & Evermann, 1903 - scorpionfishes Species Iracundus signifer Jordan & Evermann, 1903 - decoy scorpionfish [=asperella, rarotongae] GENUS Neomerinthe Fowler, 1935 - scorpionfishes Species Neomerinthe amplisquamiceps (Fowler, 1938) - orange scorpionfish Species Neomerinthe bauchotae Poss & Duhamel, 1991 - bauchotae scorpionfish Species Neomerinthe beanorum (Evermann & Marsh, 1900) - beanorum scorpionfish Species Neomerinthe bucephalus (Alcock, 1896) - bucephalus scorpionfish Species Neomerinthe erostris (Alcock, 1896) - round scorpionfish [=bathyperimensis, gibbifrons, rotunda] Species Neomerinthe folgori (Postel & Roux, 1964) - Folger's scorpionfish Species Neomerinthe hemingwayi Fowler, 1935 - spinycheek scorpionfish [=tortugae] Species Neomerinthe kaufmani (Herre, 1952) - Kaufman's scorpionfish Species Neomerinthe megalepis (Fowler, 1938) - largescale scorpionfish Species Neomerinthe naevosa Motomura et al., 2011 - blotched Polynesian scorpionfish Species Neomerinthe nielseni (Smith, 1964) - Nielsen's scorpionfish Species Neomerinthe pallidimacula (Fowler, 1938) - threestriped scorpionfish Species Neomerinthe procurva Chen, 1981 - curved spine scorpionfish [=dabryi] Species Neomerinthe rufescens (Gilbert, 1905) - rufescens scorpionfish GENUS Neoscorpaena Mandrytsa, 2001 - scorpionfish Species Neoscorpaena nielseni (Smith, 1964) - Neilsen's neoscorpaena scorpionfish GENUS Parascorpaena Bleeker, 1876 - scorpionfishes Species Parascorpaena armata (Sauvage, 1873) - armata scorpionfish Species Parascorpaena aurita (Ruppell, 1838) - golden scorpionfish [=bellicosa, bynoensis] Species Parascorpaena bandanensis (Bleeker, 1851) - Bandan scorpionfish Species Parascorpaena maculipinnis Smith, 1957 - maculipinnis scorpionfish Species Parascorpaena mcadamsi (Fowler, 1938) - McAdams's scorpionfish Species Parascorpaena mossambica (Peters, 1855) - Mozambique scorpionfish [=longicornis, zanzibarensis] Species Parascorpaena moultoni (Whitley, 1961) - Moulton's scorpionfish Species Parascorpaena picta (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) - Northern scorpionfish [=stokesii] GENUS Phenacoscorpius Fowler, 1938 - scorpionfishes Species Phenacoscorpius adenensis Norman, 1939 - Aden scorpionfish Species Phenacoscorpius eschmeyeri Parin & Mandrytsa, in Mandrytsa, 1992 – Eschmeyer's scorpionfish Species Phenacoscorpius longilineatus Motomura et al., 2012 - longilineatus scorpionfish Species Phenacoscorpius longirostris Motomura & Last, 2009 - longsnout noline scorpionfish Species Phenacoscorpius mccoskeri Wibowo & Motomura, 2017 - McCosker's scorpionfish Species Phenacoscorpius megalops Fowler, 1938 - noline scorpionfish [=stigma] Species Phenacoscorpius nebris Eschmeyer, 1965 - shorttube scorpionfish GENUS Pogonoscorpius Regan, 1908 - scorpionfishes Species Pogonoscorpius sechellensis Regan, 1908 - Seychelles scorpionfish GENUS Pontinus Poey, 1860 - scorpionfishes [=Crossoscorpaena, Merinthe, Nemapontinus, Sebastoplus] Species Pontinus accraensis Norman, 1935 - Ghanean rockfish Species Pontinus castor Poey, 1860 - longsnout scorpionfish [=microlepis, pollux] Species Pontinus clemensi Fitch, 1955 - mottled scorpionfish Species Pontinus corallinus Miranda Ribeiro, 1903 - corallinus scorpionfish Species Pontinus dubius Steindachner, 1902 - dubius scorpionfish Species Pontinus furcirhinus Garman, 1899 - furcirhinus scorpionfish Species Pontinus helena Eschmeyer, 1965 - helena scorpionfish Species Pontinus kuhlii (Bowdich, 1825) - offshore scorpionfish [=bibroni, chorista, filifer] Species Pontinus leda Eschmeyer, 1969 - speckled deepwater scorpionfish Species Pontinus longispinis Goode & Bean, 1896 - longspine scorpionfish Species Pontinus macrocephalus (Sauvage, 1882) - largeheaded scorpionfish [=spilistius] Species Pontinus nematophthalmus (Gunther, 1860) - spinythroat scorpionfish [=macrolepis] Species Pontinus nigerimum Eschmeyer, 1983 - blacklash scorpionfish Species Pontinus nigropunctatus (Gunther, 1868) - St. Helena scorpionfish Species Pontinus rathbuni Goode & Bean, 1896 - highfin scorpionfish Species Pontinus rhodochrous (Gunther, 1872) - rhodochrous scorpionfish [=hexanema] Species Pontinus sierra (Gilbert, 1890) - speckled scorpionfish Species Pontinus strigatus Heller & Snodgrass, 1903 - stalkeye scorpionfish Species Pontinus tentacularis (Fowler, 1938) - tentacularis scorpionfish Species Pontinus vaughani Barnhart & Hubbs, 1946 - spotback scorpionfish GENUS Pteroidichthys Bleeker, 1856 - scorpionfishes [=Pteropelor] Species Pteroidichthys acutus Motomura & Kanade, 2015 - acutus scorpionfish Species Pteroidichthys amboinensis Bleeker, 1856 - Ambon scorpionfish Species Pteroidichthys caussei Motomura & Kanade, 2015 - Causse's scorpionfish Species Pteroidichthys godfreyi (Whitley, 1954) - Godfrey's scorpionfish Species Pteroidichthys noronhai (Fowler, 1938) - Noroha's scorpionfish GENUS Rhinopias Gill, 1905 - scorpionfishes [Peloropsis] Species Rhinopias aphanes Eschmeyer, in Eschmeyer et al., 1973 - lacy scorpionfish Species Rhinopias argoliba Eschmeyer et al., 1973 - argoliba scorpionfish Species Rhinopias cea Randall & DiSalvo, 1997 - Cea's scorpionfish Species Rhinopias eschmeyeri Conde, 1977 - Eschmeyer's rhinopias Species Rhinopias frondosa (Gunther, 1892) - weedy scorpionfish Species Rhinopias xenops (Gilbert, 1905) - higheye scorpionfish GENUS Scorpaena Linnaeus, 1758 - scorpionfishes [=Holoscorpaena, Kantapus, Osorioia, Ruboralga, Scorpius] Species Scorpaena afuerae Hildebrand, 1946 - Peruvian scorpionfish Species Scorpaena agassizii Goode & Bean, 1896 - longfin scorpionfish Species Scorpaena albifimbria Evermann & Marsh, 1900 - coral scorpionfish Species Scorpaena angolensis Norman, 1935 - Angola scorpionfish Species Scorpaena annobonae Eschmeyer, 1969 - annobonae scorpionfish Species Scorpaena ascensionis Eschmeyer, 1971 - ascensionis scorpionfish Species Scorpaena azorica Eschmeyer, 1969 - Azores scorpionfish Species Scorpaena bergii Evermann & Marsh, 1900 - goosehead scorpionfish Species Scorpaena brachyptera Eschmeyer, 1965 - shortfin scorpionfish Species Scorpaena brasiliensis Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 - barbfish [=colesi, stearnsii] Species Scorpaena brevispina Motomura & Senou, 2008 - Japanese shortspined scorpionfish Species Scorpaena bulacephala Motomura & Yearsley, 2005 - bullhead scorpionfish Species Scorpaena calcarata Goode & Bean, 1882 - smooth-head scorpionfish [=atlantica] Species Scorpaena canariensis (Sauvage, 1878) - Canary Islands scorpionfish [=patriacha] Species Scorpaena cardinalis Solander & Richardson, in Richardson, 1842 - Eastern red scorpionfish [=cookii, plebeia] Species Scorpaena cocosensis Motomura, 2004 - Cocos scorpionfish Species Scorpaena colorata (Gilbert, 1905) - colorata scorpionfish Species Scorpaena dispar Longley & Hildebrand, 1940 - hunchback scorpionfish [=similis] Species Scorpaena elachys Eschmeyer, 1965 - dwarf scorpionfish Species Scorpaena elongata Cadenat, 1943 - slender rockfish Species Scorpaena fernandeziana Steindachner, 1875 - fernandeziana scorpionfish Species Scorpaena gasta Motomura & Yearsley, 2006 - ghostly scorpionfish Species Scorpaena grandicornis Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 - plumed scorpionfish Species Scorpaena grandisquamis Ogilby, 1910 - bigscale scorpionfish Species Scorpaena grattanica Trunov, 2006 - grattanica scorpionfish Species Scorpaena guttata Girard, 1854 - California scorpionfish [=guadalupae, microlepis] Species Scorpaena hemilepidota Fowler, 1938 - hemilepidota scorpionfish Species Scorpaena histrio Jenyns, 1840 - player scorpionfish [=fucata, pannosa] Species Scorpaena inermis Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 - mushroom scorpionfish [=luckei, mercatoris, occipitalis] Species Scorpaena isthmensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 - smoothcheek scorpionfish Species Scorpaena izensis Jordan & Starks, 1904 - Izu scorpionfish Species Scorpaena jacksoniensis Steindachner, 1866 - Jackson scorpionfish Species Scorpaena lacrimata Randall & Greenfield, 2004 - lacrimata scorpionfish Species Scorpaena laevis Troschel, 1866 - Senegalese rockfish [=senegalensis] Species Scorpaena loppei Cadenat, 1943 - Cadenat's rockfish Species Scorpaena maderensis Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833 - Madeira rockfish [=rubellio] Species Scorpaena melasma Eschmeyer, 1965 - melasma scorpionfish Species Scorpaena mellissii Gunther, 1868 - Melliss's scorpionfish Species Scorpaena miostoma Gunther, 1877 - miostoma scorpionfish Species Scorpaena mystes Jordan & Starks, 1895 - mystes scorpionfish [=didymogramma] Species Scorpaena neglecta Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 - neglecta scorpionfish [=fimbriata] Species Scorpaena normani Cadenat, 1943 - Norman's scorpionfish Species Scorpaena notata Rafinesque, 1810 - small red scorpionfish [=afimbria, barbata, teneriffea, ustulata] Species Scorpaena onaria Jordan & Snyder, 1900 - Western scorpionfish Species Scorpaena orgila Eschmeyer & Allen, 1971 - bold scorpionfish Species Scorpaena papillosa (Schneider
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