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Choridactylinae
Choridactylinae, commonly known as stingfishes, stingers or ghouls, is a subfamily of venomous ray-finned fishes classified within the family Synanceiidae, the stonefishes, part of the suborder Scorpaenoidei, the scorpionfishes and their relatives. These fishes are found in the Indo-Pacific.
3 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 27 known species
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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 788474.