| NOUN | animal | suborder Scorpaenoidea, Scorpaenoidea | mail-cheeked fishes |
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| Meaning | mail-cheeked fishes: scorpionfishes; gurnards. | |
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| Synonym | Scorpaenoidea | |
| Member of | Acanthopterygii, superorder Acanthopterygii | teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays |
| Members | Cottidae, family Cottidae | sculpins |
| 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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