Scorpionfish

Family_Scorpaenidae 

 

Subfamily: Caracanthinae

      Genus_Caracanthus Kroyer, 1845 

Subfamily: Pteroinae

      Genus_Brachypterois Fowler, 1938

      Genus_Dendrochirus Swainson, 1839

Dwarf Lionfish_Dendrochirus brachypterus

Photo by Paul Sorensen. Philippines, Puerto Galera. Oct 2022

 

Zebra Lionfish_Dendrochirus zebra

Photo by Paul Sorensen. Philippines, Puerto Galera. Oct 2022

 

      Genus_Ebosia Jordan & Starks, 1904

      Genus_Parapterois Bleeker, 1876

      Genus_Pterois Oken, 1817

Spotfin Lionfish_Pterois antennata

Photo by Paul Sorensen. Philippines, Puerto Galera. Oct 2022

 

Lionfish_Pterois sp.

Photo by Paul Sorensen. Philippines, Puerto Galera. Oct 2022

 

Subfamily: Scopaeninae

     Genus_Hipposcorpaena Fowler, 1938

     Genus_Hoplosebastes Schmidt, 1929

      Genus_Idiastion Eschmeyer, 1965

      Genus_Iracundus Jordan & Evermann, 1903

      Genus_Neomerinthe Fowler, 1935

      Genus_Neoscorpaena Mandrytsa, 2001

      Genus_Parascorpaena Bleeker, 1876

      Genus_Phenacoscorpius Fowler, 1938

      Genus_Pogonoscorpius Regan, 1908

      Genus_Pontinus Poey, 1860

      Genus_Pteroidichthys Bleeker, 1856

      Genus_Pteropelor Fowler, 1938

      Genus_Rhinopias Gill, 1905

      Genus_Scorpaena Linnaeus, 1758

      Genus_Scorpaenodes Bleeker, 1857

      Genus_Scorpaenopsis Heckel, 1839

      Genus_Sebastapistes Gill, 1877

      Genus_Taenianotus Lacepède, 1802