Scorpionfishes - Family: Scorpaenidae
Subfamily: Caracanthinae
Spotted Croucher - Caracanthus maculatus
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Subfamily: Pteroinae
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Sawmaxilla Scorpionfish - Brachypterois serrulifer
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Zebra Lionfish - Dendrochirus zebra
Cockscomb Lionfish - Ebosia bleekeri
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Dwarf Lionfish - Neochirus brachypterus
Common Lionfish - Pterois volitans
Spot-fin Lionfish - Pteropterus antennatus
Subfamily: Scorpaeninae
Mozambique Scorpionfish - Parascorpaena mossambica
Hookcheek No-line Scorpionfish - Phenacoscorpius megalops
Pontinus rhodochrous (possible occurrence)
Bullhead Scorpionfish - Scorpaena bulacephala
Cook's Scorpionfish - Scorpaena cardinalis
Eastern Red Scorpionfish - Scorpaena jacksoniensis
Izo Scorpionfish - Scorpaena neglecta
Southern Red Scorpionfish - Scorpaena papillosa
Eastern Queen Scorpionfish - Scorpaena regina
Cheekspot Scorpionfish - Scorpaenodes evides
Guam Scorpionfish - Scorpaenodes guamensis
Pygmy Scorpionfish - Scorpaenodes scaber
False Stonefish - Scorpaenopsis diabolus
Eschmeyer's Scorpionfish - Scorpaenopsis eschmeyeri
Humpback Scorpionfish - Scorpaenopsis macrochir
Raggy Scorpionfish- Scorpaenopsis venosa
Leaf Scorpionfish - Taenianotus triacanthus
Subfamily: Sebastinae
Big-eye Ocean Perch - Helicolenus barathri
Ocean Perch - Helicolenus percoides
Subfamily: Setarchinae
Triple-band Scorpionfish - Lioscorpius trifasciatus
Red Smooth Scorpionfish - Lythrichthys longimanus
Deep-water Scorpionfish - Setarches guentheri
Taxonomy:
Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
> Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
> Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
> Superorder: Acanthomorpha (Spiny-rayed Fishes
> Order: Perciformes (Perches, Scorpionfishes, Sticklebacks and Allies)
> Suborder: Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes and Allies)
> Family: Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes)
> Subfamily: Caracanthinae (Coral Crouchers)
> Genus: Caracanthus
> Species: C. maculatus - Spotted Croucher
> Subfamily: Pteroinae (Lionfishes)
> Genus: Brachypterois (Sawcheek Scorpionfishes)
> Species: B. serrulifer - Sawmaxilla Scorpionfish
> Genus: Dendrochirus
> Species: D. zebra - Zebra Lionfish
> Genus: Ebosia (Falcate Lionfishes)
> Species: E. bleekeri - Cockscomb Lionfish
> Genus: Neochirus (Zebra Lionfishes)
> Species: N. brachypterus - Dwarf Lionfish
> Genus: Pterois
> Species: P. volitans - Common Lionfish
> Genus: Pteropterus
> Species: P. antennatus - Spot-fin Lionfish
> Subfamily: Scorpaeninae
> Genus: Parascorpaena
> Species: P. mossambica - Mozambique Scorpionfish
> Genus: Phenacoscorpius (No-line Scorpionfishes)
> Species: P. megalops - Hookcheek No-line Scorpionfish
> Genus: Pontinus
> Species: P. rhodochrous ^
> Genus: Scorpaena
> Species: S. bulacephala - Bullhead Scorpionfish
> Species: S. cardinalis - Cook's Scorpionfish
> Species: S. jacksoniensis - Eastern Red Scorpionfish
> Species: S. neglecta - Izu Scorpionfish
> Species: S. papillosa - Southern Red Scorpionfish
> Species: S. regina - Eastern Queen Scorpionfish
> Genus: Scorpaenodes
> Species: S. evides - Cheekspot Scorpionfish
> Species: S. guamensis - Guam Scorpionfish
> Species: S. scaber - Pygmy Scorpionfish
> Genus: Scorpaenopsis
> Species: S. diabolus - False Stonefish
> Species: S. eschmeyeri - Eschmeyer's Scorpionfish
> Species: S. macrochir - Humpback Scorpionfish
> Species: S. venosa - Raggy Scorpionfish
> Genus: Taenianotus
> Species: T. triacanthus - Leaf Scorpionfish
> Subfamily: Sebastinae
> Genus: Helicolenus
> Species: H. barathri - Big-eye Ocean Perch
> Species: H. percoides - Ocean Perch
> Subfamily: Setarchinae
> Genus: Lioscorpius
> Species: L. trifasciatus - Triple-band Scorpionfish
> Genus: Lythrichthys
> Species: L. longimanus - Red Smooth Scorpionfish
> Genus: Setarches
> Species: S. guentheri - Deep-water Scorpionfish ^
^ = possibly
* = likely
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