Scorpaenidae

Classification

Genera in Scorpaenidae

• Scorpaena — 125 species: Scorpaena aculeata, Scorpaena africana, Scorpaena afuerae, Scorpaena agassizii, Scorpaena albifimbria, Scorpaena alepidota, Scorpaena angolensis, Scorpaena annobonae
• Scorpaenodes — 29 species: Scorpaenodes africanus, Scorpaenodes albaiensis, Scorpaenodes arenai, Scorpaenodes barrybrowni, Scorpaenodes bathycolus, Scorpaenodes caribbaeus, Scorpaenodes corallinus, Scorpaenodes elongatus
• Scorpaenopsis — 29 species: Scorpaenopsis altirostris, Scorpaenopsis barbata, Scorpaenopsis brevifrons, Scorpaenopsis cacopsis, Scorpaenopsis cirrosa, Scorpaenopsis cotticeps, Scorpaenopsis crenulata, Scorpaenopsis diabolus
• Pontinus — 22 species: Pontinus accraensis, Pontinus castor, Pontinus clemensi, Pontinus corallinus, Pontinus furcirhinus, Pontinus helena, Pontinus karasawai, Pontinus kuhlii
• Pterois — 19 species: Pterois andover, Pterois antennaria, Pterois antennata, Pterois brevipectoralis, Pterois cincta, Pterois cristatus, Pterois ellioti, Pterois jordani
• Neomerinthe — 14 species: Neomerinthe amplisquamiceps, Neomerinthe bauchotae, Neomerinthe beanorum, Neomerinthe bucephalus, Neomerinthe erostris, Neomerinthe folgori, Neomerinthe hemingwayi, Neomerinthe kaufmani
• Sebastapistes — 13 species: Sebastapistes ballieui, Sebastapistes coniorta, Sebastapistes cyanostigma, Sebastapistes fowleri, Sebastapistes galactacma, Sebastapistes laotale, Sebastapistes mauritiana, Sebastapistes nivifer
• Parascorpaena — 11 species: Parascorpaena armata, Parascorpaena aurita, Parascorpaena bandanensis, Parascorpaena bleekeri, Parascorpaena commersonii, Parascorpaena maculipinnis, Parascorpaena mcadamsi, Parascorpaena mossambica
• Dendrochirus — 8 species: Dendrochirus barberi, Dendrochirus bellus, Dendrochirus biocellatus, Dendrochirus brachypterus, Dendrochirus hemprichi, Dendrochirus koyo, Dendrochirus tuamotuensis, Dendrochirus zebra
• Phenacoscorpius — 8 species: Phenacoscorpius adenensis, Phenacoscorpius eschmeyeri, Phenacoscorpius longicaudalis, Phenacoscorpius longilineatus, Phenacoscorpius longirostris, Phenacoscorpius mccoskeri, Phenacoscorpius megalops, Phenacoscorpius nebris
• Ebosia — 6 species: Ebosia bleekeri, Ebosia falcata, Ebosia pavo, Ebosia saya, Ebosia starksi, Ebosia vespertina
• Rhinopias — 6 species: Rhinopias aphanes, Rhinopias argoliba, Rhinopias cea, Rhinopias eschmeyeri, Rhinopias frondosa, Rhinopias xenops
• Caracanthus — 5 species: Caracanthus maculatus, Caracanthus madagascariensis, Caracanthus typicus, Caracanthus unipinna, Caracanthus zeylonicus
• Pteroidichthys — 4 species: Pteroidichthys acutus, Pteroidichthys amboinensis, Pteroidichthys caussei, Pteroidichthys noronhai
• Brachypterois — 3 species: Brachypterois curvispina, Brachypterois serrulata, Brachypterois serrulifer
• Idiastion — 3 species: Idiastion hageyi, Idiastion kyphos, Idiastion pacificum
• Scorpaenidarum — 3 species: Scorpaenidarum acutus, Scorpaenidarum johannaensis, Scorpaenidarum menzeli
• Parapterois — 2 species: Parapterois heterura, Parapterois macrura
• Rixator — 2 species: Rixator ineziae, Rixator porteousi
• Taenianotus — 2 species: Taenianotus garretti, Taenianotus triacanthus
• Hipposcorpaena — 1 species: Hipposcorpaena filamentosus
• Hoplosebastes — 1 species: Hoplosebastes armatus
• Iracundus — 1 species: Iracundus signifer
• Neoscorpaena — 1 species: Neoscorpaena nielseni
• Pogonoscorpius — 1 species:
• Raususetarches — 1 species:
• Thysanichthys — 1 species:
• Ursinoscorpaenopsis — 1 species:

Source and Attribution

Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.