Family Scorpaenidae Risso 1827 (perch-like fish)
PaleoDB taxon number: 65850
Parent taxon: Scorpaenoidei according to R. Betancur-R et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Peristediidae, Scorpaenoideorum, Sebastidae, Setarchidae, Synanceiidae, Tetrarogidae
Subtaxa: Pontinus, Rhomarchus, Rixator, Scorpaena, Scorpaenidarum, Scorpaeninae, Scorpaenoides, Sebastolobus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore