Setarchidae

Taxobox
name = Setarchidae

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image_caption = Deepwater scorpionfish, "Setarches guentheri"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Scorpaeniformes
familia = Setarchidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Ectreposebastes" "Lioscorpius" "Setarches" See text for species.

Setarchidae is a small family of scorpionfishes. [FishBase family | family = Setarchidae | month = February | year = 2006]

Not all classifications recognise this family; Nelson and ITIS include it in the family Scorpaenidae. [cite book | author = Joseph S. Nelson | title = Fishes of the World | publisher = John Wiley & Sons | id = ISBN 0-471-54713-1] [ITIS | ID = 166856 | taxon = Setarches | date = 31 March | year = 2006]

They are small marine fishes, growing up to 25 cm, and are found in tropical and subtropical waters throughout the world.

pecies

There are five species in three genera:
* Genus "Ectreposebastes"
** Midwater scorpionfish, "Ectreposebastes imus" Garman, 1899.
** Pelagic scorpionfish, "Ectreposebastes niger" (Fourmanoir, 1971).
* Genus "Lioscorpius"
** "Lioscorpius longiceps" Günther, 1880.
* Genus "Setarches"
** Deepwater scorpionfish, "Setarches guentheri" Johnson, 1862.
** "Setarches longimanus" (Alcock, 1894).

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