Biology:Setarchidae
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Short description: Family of fishes
| Setarchidae | |
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| Deepwater scorpionfish, Setarches guentheri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Scorpaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Setarchinae Ishida, 1994 |
| Genera[1] | |
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.
Not all classifications recognise this family; Nelson and ITIS include it in the family Scorpaenidae.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Setarchidae" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
- ↑ Joseph S. Nelson. Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-54713-1.
- ↑ "Setarches". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=166856. Retrieved 31 March 2006.
Wikidata ☰ Q138680 entry
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