Setarchidae

Setarchidae, the deep-sea bristly scorpionfishes, is a small family of deep-sea scorpaeniform fishes. They are small marine fishes, growing up to 25 cm, and are found in tropical and subtropical waters throughout the world.

Setarchidae
Deepwater scorpionfish, Setarches guentheri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Scorpaeniformes
Family:
Setarchidae

Ishida, 1994
Genera[1]

Ectreposebastes
Lioscorpius
Setarches

Not all classifications recognise this family; Nelson and ITIS include it in the family Scorpaenidae.[2][3]

References
  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Setarchidae" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
  2. Joseph S. Nelson. Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-54713-1.
  3. "Setarches". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 March 2006.
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