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Spiny Searobin

Prionotus alatus

Classification

Family
Triglidae

Scorpaenoidei is a suborder of ray-finned fishes, part of the order Perciformes, that includes the scorpionfishes, lionfishes, stonefishes, sea robins and flatheads. This suborder is at its most diverse in the Pacific and Indian Oceans but is also found in the Atlantic Ocean. Taxonomy Scorpaenoidei was first named as a suborder in 1899 by the American ichthyologist Samuel Garman as a suborder of the Perciformes.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 25