Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Genus Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Perciformes

Scorpaenoidei

Rank: Suborder
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Vertebrata*	Cuvier, 1812	accepted genus name
*Agnatha*	Cope, 1889	taxonomically included in
*Gnathostomata*	von Zittel, 1879	taxonomically included in

Suborder group names

*Cottoidei*		taxonomically included in
*Peristediidae*	Jordan & Gilbert, 1883	taxonomically included in
*Platycephalidae*	Swainson, 1839	taxonomically included in
*Scorpaenidae*	Risso, 1827	taxonomically included in
*Sebastidae*	Kaup, 1873	taxonomically included in
*Setarchidae*	Matsubara, 1943	taxonomically included in
*Triglidae*	Rafinesque, 1815	taxonomically included in
*Platycephaloidei*		synonym
*Scorpaeniformes*		synonym

Children

Cottoidei
Peristediidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
Platycephalidae Swainson, 1839
Scorpaenidae Risso, 1827
Sebastidae Kaup, 1873
Setarchidae Matsubara, 1943
Triglidae Rafinesque, 1815

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: カサゴ亜目

Literature

basis of record	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
taxonomy source	Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Scorpaenoidei. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154247