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Scorpionfishes
Scorpaenidae
The Scorpaenidae (also known as scorpionfish) are a family of mostly marine fishes that includes many of the world's most venomous species. As their name suggests, scorpionfish have a type of "sting" in the form of sharp spines coated with venomous mucus. They are widespread in tropical and temperate seas, especially in the Indo-Pacific region. They should not be confused with the cabezones, of the genus Scorpaenichthys, which belong to a separate, though related, family, Cottidae.
6 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 385 known species
Typical Scorpionfishes
subfamilyScorpaeninae
Lionfishes
subfamilyPteroinae
Rockfishes
subfamilySebastinae
Thornyheads
subfamilySebastolobinae
Coral Crouchers
subfamilyCaracanthinae
Deepsea Bristly Scorpionfishes
subfamilySetarchinae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47285.