What is Scorpaeniformes?
[[File:Pterois antennata-3.jpg|thumb|''[[Pterois antennata]]'']] The '''Scorpaeniformes''', also known as the '''mail-cheeked fishes''', are a diverse order of [[Ocean|marine]] and freshwater [[ray-finned fish]]. They belong in the group '''Scleroparei'''. Scorpaeniforms are widespread throughout the oceans of the world. An example is the [[sculpin]]. Here is a list of mail-cheeked fishes: * ''[[Blobfish|Psychrolutes marcidus]]'' * [[De Beaufort's flathead]] * [[Australian prowfish]] * [[Triglidae|Sea robin]] * [[Peristediidae]] * ''[[Eschmeyer nexus]]'' * [[Velvetfish]] * [[Synanceiinae|Stonefish]] * [[Sebastinae|Rockfish]] * [[Sebastolobini|Thornyhead]] * ''[[Adelosebastes]]'' * [[Spiny scorpionfish]] * ''[[Sebastolobus altivelis]]'' * [[Congiopodidae|Horsefish]] * [[Stickleback]] == Classification == Order '''Scorpaeniformes''' * Suborder Scorpaenoidei ** Superfamily Congiopodoidea *** Family Aploactinidae <small>Jordan & Starks, 1904</small> (Velvetfishes) *** Family Congiopodidae <small>Gill, 1889</small> (Racehorses, pigfishes or horsefishes) ** Superfamily Pataecoidea *** Family Pataecidae <small>Gill, 1872</small> (Australian prowfishes) *** Family Gnathanacanthidae <small>Gill, 1892</small> (Red velvetfish) ** Superfamily Scorpaenoidea *** Family [[Eschmeyer nexus|Eschmeyeridae]] <small>Mandrytsa, 2001</small> (the cofish) *** Family Scorpaenidae <small>Risso, 1827</small> (Scorpionfishes) * Suborder Platycephaloidei ** Superfamily Platycephaloidea *** Family Bembridae <small>Kaup, 1873</small> (Deepwater flatheads) *** Family Platycephalidae <small>Swainson, 1839</small> (True flatheads) *** Family Hoplichthyidae <small>Kaup, 1873</small> (Ghost flatheads) ** Superfamily Trigloidea *** Family Triglidae <small>Rafinesque, 1815</small> (Common searobins) *** Family Peristediidae <small>Jordan & Gilbert, 1883</small> (Armored searobins) * Suborder Normanichthyiodei ** Family Normanichthyidae <small>Clark, 1837</small> (the Barehead scorpionfish or mote sculpin) * Suborder Zoarcoidei ** Superfamily Anarh