Family Scorpaenidae
(firefishes, goblinfishes, rockfishes, and scorpionfishes)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Suborder Scorpaenoidei
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  Family Scorpaenidae (firefishes, goblinfishes, rockfishes, and scorpionfishes)
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  Genus Ablabys
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  Genus Amblyapistus
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  Genus Apistus
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  Genus Brachirus (zebra firefishes and zebra fishes)
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  Genus Centropogon
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  Genus Coccotropsis
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  Genus Dendrochirus
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  Genus Dendroscorpaena
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  Genus Ectreposebastes
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  Genus Glyptauchen
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  Genus Gymnapistes
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  Genus Helicolenus
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  Genus Hypodites
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  Genus Hypomacrus
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  Genus Idiastion
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  Genus Iracundus
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  Genus Liocranium
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  Genus Neomerinthe
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  Genus Neosebastes
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  Genus Notesthes
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  Genus Paracentropogon
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  Genus Paranescodes
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  Genus Parapterois
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  Genus Parascorpaena
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  Genus Parascorpaenodes
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  Genus Phenacoscorpius
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  Genus Plectrogenium
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  Genus Pontinus
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  Genus Ptarmus
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  Genus Pterois (lionfishes, turkeyfishes, and zebrafishes)
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  Genus Pteropterus
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  Genus Rhinopias
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  Genus Scorpaena (scorpionfishes)
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  Genus Scorpaenodes
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  Genus Scorpaenopsis
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  Genus Sebastapistes
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  Genus Sebastes (rockcod, rockfishes, and rosefishes)
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  Genus Sebastichthys
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  Genus Sebastolobus
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  Genus Setarches
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  Genus Taenianotus
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  Genus Trachyscorpia