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Taxon: Suborder Scorpaenoidei Klein, 1885 (fish)
Classification by:

living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Eukaryotae see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
     Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
       Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
             Class Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 - bony fishes and tetrapods see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
               Subclass Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891
                 Order Scorpaeniformes Bloch, 1789 - mail-cheeked fishes see Order Perciformes Bleeker, 1859
                   Suborder Scorpaenoidei Klein, 1885
                     1 Family Scorpaenidae Risso, 1827 - scorpionfishes
                     2 Family Synanceiidae Swainson, 1839 - stonefishes
                     3 Family Triglidae Rafinesque, 1815 - searobins
                     4 Family Caracanthidae Gill, 1885 - coral crouchers see Subfamily Caracanthinae Gill, 1885
                     5 Family Aploactinidae Jordan & Starks, 1904 - velvetfishes see Subfamily Aploactininae Jordan & Starks, 1904
                     6 Family Pataecidae Gill, 1872 - Australian prowfishes see Subfamily Pataecinae Gill, 1872

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