Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii | Phylum Chordata Order Scorpaeniformes | |
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Family Setarchidae
Ishida, 1994 |
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.
References
Setarchidae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA