- Setarchidae
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image_caption =Deepwater scorpionfish , "Setarches guentheri"
regnum =Animal ia
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
scorpionfish es. [FishBase family | family = Setarchidae | month = February | year = 2006]Not all classifications recognise this family; Nelson and
ITIS include it in the familyScorpaenidae . [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).References
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