Scorpaenidae Risso, 1827

Smith, W. Leo, Everman, Elizabeth & Richardson, Clara, 2018, Phylogeny and Taxonomy of Flatheads, Scorpionfishes, Sea Robins, and Stonefishes (Percomorpha: Scorpaeniformes) and the Evolution of the Lachrymal Saber, Copeia 106 (1), pp. 94-119 : 118

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https://doi.org/ 10.1643/CG-17-669

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Scorpaenidae Risso, 1827
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Scorpaenidae Risso, 1827 View in CoL View at ENA

Type genus: Scorpaena Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL

Sister taxon: Neosebastidae View in CoL þ Plectrogeniidae View in CoL

Concept and content: 371 species classified in four subfamilies and 34 genera: Pteroinae : Brachypterois View in CoL , Dendrochirus View in CoL , Ebosia View in CoL , Parapterois View in CoL , and Pterois View in CoL ; Scorpaeninae : Caracanthus View in CoL , Iracundus View in CoL , Parascorpaena View in CoL , Pteroidichthys View in CoL , Scorpaena View in CoL , Scorpaenopsis View in CoL , Sebastapistes View in CoL , and Taenianotus View in CoL ; Sebastinae: Helicolenus View in CoL , Hozukius View in CoL , Sebastes View in CoL , and Sebastiscus View in CoL ; Setarchinae: Ectreposebastes View in CoL , Lioscorpius View in CoL , and Setarches View in CoL ; incertae sedis: Adelosebastes View in CoL , Hipposcorpaena View in CoL , Hoplosebastes View in CoL , Idiastion View in CoL , Neomerinthe View in CoL , Neoscorpaena View in CoL , Phenacoscorpius View in CoL , Pogonoscorpius View in CoL , Pontinus View in CoL , Rhinopias View in CoL , Scorpaenodes View in CoL , Sebastolobus View in CoL , Trachyscorpia View in CoL , and Ursinoscorpaenopsis View in CoL

Phenotypic diagnosis: Posterior opening of third circumorbital posteriorly directed (character 6, state 1); sensory canal of third circumorbital separate/not continuous with fourth or fifth circumorbital (character 11, state 1); transversus ventralis posterior with a tendon anteriorly (character 93, state 1).

Support statistics: The bootstrap support for this clade was 1.00.

Systematic comment: Familial and subfamilial classification based on the resulting phylogeny in this study. Iracundus View in CoL included in Scorpaeninae following Smith and Craig (2007), and Parascorpaena View in CoL and Sebastapistes View in CoL included in Scorpaeninae following Lautredou et al. (2013). Generic composition and species recognition follow Eschmeyer View in CoL et al. (2017).

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