English > Scorpaenoidea: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | mail-cheeked fishes: scorpionfishes; gurnards. |
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Synonym | suborder Scorpaenoidea |
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Member of | Acanthopterygii, superorder Acanthopterygii | teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays |
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Members | Cottidae, family Cottidae | sculpins |
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Cyclopteridae, family Cyclopteridae | lumpfishes |
Liparididae, family Liparididae, Liparidae, family Liparidae | snailfishes |
Ophiodontidae, family Ophiodontidae | fishes closely related to greenlings |
Platycephalidae, family Platycephalidae | scorpaenoid flatheads |
Triglidae, family Triglidae | In some classifications restricted to the gurnards and subdivided into the subfamilies Triglinae (true sea robins) and Peristediinae (armored sea robins) |
scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish | fishes having the head armored with bony plates |
Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
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