Pteroinae
| Pteroinae Temporal range:
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|---|---|
| Pterois volitans | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Scorpaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Pteroinae Kaup, 1873[1] |
| Type species | |
| Scorpaena volitans | |
| Genera | |
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Pteroinae is a subfamily of marine ray-finned fishes in the family Scorpaenidae. This tribe includes the lionfishes, sawcheek scorpionfishes, and turkeyfishes. Previously, the fifth edition of Fishes of the World treated this group as a tribe within the subfamily Scorpaeninae of the family Scorpaenidae within the order Scorpaeniformes,[3] while other authorities treat it as a subfamily within a reduced family Scorpaenidae within the suborder Scorpaenoidei,[4] or the superfamily Scorpaenoidea within the order Perciformes.[5] Presently, Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes treats it as a subfamily within Scorpaenidae.[6]
Genera
These seven extant genera are included in the subfamily Pteroinae, in 29 species:[7]
| Image | Genus |
|---|---|
| Brachypterois Fowler, 1938 | |
| Dendrochirus Swainson, 1839 | |
| Ebosia Jordan & Starks, 1904 | |
| Nemapterois Fowler, 1938 | |
| Neochirus Chou, Liu & Liao, 2023 | |
| Parapterois Bleeker, 1876 | |
| Pterois Oken, 1817 | |
| Pteropterus Swainson, 1839 |
Fossil record
The only fossil record of the family is †Eopterois,Schwarzhans, Stringer & Takeuchi, 2024 known from fossil otoliths from the Middle Eocene of Mississippi, US.[8]
References
- ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
- ^ Gilbert Whitley (1939). "Ichthyological genotypes: Desmarest's designations, 1874". Australian Zoologist. 9 (3): 222–226.
- ^ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 468–475. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
- ^ Ricardo Betancur-R; Edward O. Wiley; Gloria Arratia; et al. (2017). "Phylogenetic classification of bony fishes". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17 (162) 162. Bibcode:2017BMCEE..17..162B. doi:10.1186/s12862-017-0958-3. PMC 5501477. PMID 28683774.
- ^ Hisashi Imamura (2004). "Phylogenetic Relationships and New Classification of the Superfamily Scorpaenoidea (Actinopterygii: Perciformes)". Species Diversity. 9: 1–36. doi:10.12782/specdiv.9.1.
- ^ Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION". California Academy of Sciences.
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Pteroinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- ^ SCHWARZHANS, WERNER W.; STRINGER, GARY L.; TAKEUCHI, GARY T. (2024-07-16). "THE MIDDLE EOCENE BONY FISH FAUNA OF CALIFORNIA, USA, RECONSTRUCTED BY MEANS OF OTOLITHS". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 130 (2) 22783. Bibcode:2024RIPS..13022783S. doi:10.54103/2039-4942/22783. ISSN 2039-4942. Archived from the original on 2025-06-29.