#scorpaenoid_fish__scorpaenoidfish__scorpaenoid fishes having the the head armored with bony plates
supertype: #spiny-finned_fish__acanthopterygian a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
member of: #suborder_Scorpaenoidea
subtype: #Ophiodon_elongatus__lingcod food fish of Northern Pacific waters related to greenlings
subtype: #scorpaenid_fish__scorpaenid any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific
subtype: #scorpionfish__scorpion_fish__sea_scorpion__seascorpion marine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spines
subtype: #plumed_scorpionfish__Scorpaena_grandicornis a kind of scorpionfish
subtype: #lionfish brightly striped fish of the tropical Pacific having elongated spiny fins
subtype: #stonefish__Synanceja_verrucosa venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock
subtype: #rockfish marine food fish found among rocks along the northern coasts of Europe and America
subtype: #copper_rockfish__Sebastodes_caurinus of North American Pacific coastal waters
subtype: #vermillion_rockfish__rasher__Sebastodes_miniatus commercially important fish of the North American Pacific coast
subtype: #Sebastodes_ruberrimus__red_rockfish__redrockfish large fish of North American Pacific coast
subtype: #Sebastodes_marinus__rosefish__ocean_perch__oceanperch large fish of northern Atlantic coasts of America and Europe
subtype: #sculpin any of numerous spiny large-headed broad-mouthed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes
subtype: #bullhead.sculpin freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head with hornlike spines
subtype: #miller's-thumb small freshwater sculpin of Europe and North America
subtype: #sea_raven__searaven__Hemitripterus_americanus large sculpin of western Atlantic; inflates itself when caught
subtype: #grubby__Myxocephalus_aenaeus small sculpin of the coast of New England
subtype: #lumpfish__Cyclopterus_lumpus clumsy soft thick-bodied North Atlantic fish with pelvic fins fused into a sucker; edible roe used for caviar
subtype: #lumpsucker any of several very small lumpfishes
subtype: #snailfish__seasnail__sea_snail__seasnail__Liparis_liparis small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish
subtype: #sea_poacher__seapoacher__poacher__sea_poker__seapoker small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper north Pacific waters
subtype: #pogge__armed_bullhead__armedbullhead__Agonus_cataphractus North Atlantic sea poacher
subtype: #alligatorfish__Aspidophoroides_monopterygius small very elongate sea poachers
subtype: #greenling food fish of the northern Pacific
subtype: #kelp_greenling__Hexagrammos_decagrammus common food and sport fish of western coast of North America
subtype: #painted_greenling__paintedgreenling__convictfish__Oxylebius_pictus greenling with whitish body marked with black bands
subtype: #flathead.scorpaenoid_fish food fish of the Indonesian region of the Pacific; resembles gurnards
subtype: #gurnard bottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armored heads and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom
subtype: #tub_gurnard__tubgurnard__yellow_gurnard__Trigla_lucerna a kind of gurnard
subtype: #sea_robin__searobin__searobin American gurnard; mostly found in bays and estuaries
subtype: #northern_sea_robin__Prionotus_carolinus large searobin; found from Nova Scotia to Florida
subtype: #armored_searobin__armoredsearobin__armored_sea_robin__armoredsearobin__Peristedion_miniatum sea robins having bony scutes on the body and barbels on the chin; found mostly on the continental slope
subtype: #flying_gurnard__flying_robin__butterflyfish tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins
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