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Stonefishes
Synanceiidae
Synanceiidae is a family of Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish, found in the Indo-Pacific oceans. They are primarily marine, though some species are known to live in fresh or brackish waters. The various species of this family are known informally as stonefish, stinger, stingfish and ghouls. The most prominent genus of the family is Synanceia, which is sometimes placed in the family Scorpaenidae. Its species are known to have the most potent neurotoxins of all the fish venoms,...
9 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 141 known species
Waspfishes
subfamilyTetraroginae
Synanceiinae
subfamilySynanceiinae
Choridactylinae
subfamilyChoridactylinae
Velvetfishes
subfamilyAploactininae
Australian Prowfishes
subfamilyPataecinae
Wasp Scorpionfishes
subfamilyApistinae
Red Velvetfishes
subfamilyGnathanacanthinae
Perryenids
subfamilyPerryeninae
Cofishes
subfamilyEschmeyerinae
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 64494.