Setarchidae
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.
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Deepwater scorpionfish, Setarches guentheri | |
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Family: | Setarchidae Ishida, 1994 |
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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. Retrieved 31 March 2006.
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