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Setarchidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Scorpaeniformes

Setarchidae

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