Scorpaeniformes
The Scorpaeniformes are a diverse order of ray-finned fish, encompassing species such as the stonefish, lionfish, and sculpins, but have also been called the Scleroparei. It is one of the five largest orders of bony fishes by number of species, with over 1,320.
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The Scorpaeniformes are a major group of ray-finned fish that includes familiar species like lionfish and stonefish, as well as less well-known sculpins, making up one of the five largest fish orders with over 1,320 species. This diverse order matters because of its size and the ecological significance of its members, which range from reef-dwelling venomous fish to bottom-dwelling sculpins found in waters worldwide.
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Species
kindpansrade fiskar
ORDER
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderScorpaeniformes
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
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- Parent taxon
- Actinopterygii
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The Scorpaeniformes are a diverse order of ray-finned fish, encompassing species such as the stonefish, lionfish, and sculpins, but have also been called the Scleroparei. It is one of the five largest orders of bony fishes by number of species, with over 1,320.
They are known as "mail-cheeked" fishes due to their distinguishing characteristic, the suborbital stay: a backwards extension of the third circumorbital bone (part of the lateral head/cheek skeleton, below the eye socket) across the cheek to the preoperculum, to which it is connected in most species.