Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Actinopteri - (Order) Perciformes

Phylogeny

Not Monophyletic

Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 31 ("not monophyletic in Fig. 2").

Current position

Scorpaenoidei (Suborder) Klein, 1885

Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 85; ECoF(14 Mar 2025).

Alternative positions

Scorpaeniformes (Order) Bloch, 1789

Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 368.

Historical positions

Scorpaenoidei (Suborder) Klein, 1885	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 85.
Scorpaenoidei (Suborder) Klein, 1885	Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 31.
Scorpaenoidei (Suborder) Klein, 1885	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 468-469.
Scorpaenoidei (Suborder) Klein, 1885	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Scorpaenoidei (Suborder) Klein, 1885	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 33.
Scorpaenoidei (Suborder) Klein, 1885	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 321.
Scorpaeniformes (Order) Bloch, 1789	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 368.
Scorpaenoidei (Suborder) Klein, 1885	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2473.
Scorpaeniformes (Order) Bloch, 1789	Ref: 1998
Scorpaenoidei (Suborder) Klein, 1885	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 608).
Scorpaenoidei (Suborder) Klein, 1885	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 907.
Scorpaeniformes (Order) Bloch, 1789	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 686.

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	39g;339s;8ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 26 Aug 2025	[39g]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 33	25g;216s
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 907	8sf;60g;[>]330s