Alternative spellings: Scorpaenoidea, Scorpaenoidea
Parent taxon: Perciformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Casier 1966, Fierstine et al. 2012, Hay 1902, Marrama et al. 2020, Schwarzhans 2003 and Schwarzhans and Nielsen 2021
Sister taxa: Acanthonotus, Alepes, Ammodytoidei, Amphiperca, Anarhichas, Anarrhichthys, Aphia, Apogonoides, Apolectus, Aramichthys, Arripidae, Avitolabrax, Bairdiella, Banjosidae, Bathyclupeidae, Bembropoidei, Bilinia, Blabe, Branchiostegidae, Brotulidae, Burtinia, Callyodon, Chaeturichthys, Chandidae, Cockerellites, Congiopodoidei, Coryphopterus, Cottioidei, Cottoidei, Cottopsis, Ctenodentex, Ctenosciaena, Dapaloides, Diaphyodus, Eocottidae, Eoluvarus, Eoserranus, Epinnula, Grammatorycnus, Haemulidae, Haliophis, Hypacanthus, Hyperprosopon, Icosteoidei, Isacia, Labroidea, Labroidei, Landanichthys, Latellopsis, Latidae, Lithognathus, Lonchistium, Lutjanidae, Lycodopsis, Lyconectes, Maccullochella, Matarchia, Menticirrhus, Mugiloidei, Nebris, Normanichthyoidei, Notothenioidei, Odonteobolca, Palaeoperca, Paraplatax, Parapygaeus, Pararhenanoperca, Pasaichthys, Pennahia, Pentacerotidae, Pentaprion, Percalates, Perciliidae, Percoidei, Percoideorum, Percophidae, Phanerodon, Phosphichthys, Plagioholocentrus, Platycephalidae, Platylates, Priacanthopsis, Propercarinidae, Propygidium, Psenes, Pseudoscarus, Quasicichla, Quasinectes, Rexea, Rhenanoperca, Robertanniidae, Saldenioichthys, Scomberoides, Scombrolabracoidei, Scombrosphyraena, Selar, Serranoidei, Sparidae, Sphyraenoidei, Sphyraenops, Stromateoidei, Synagrops, Tetrapterus, Thalasseloetridae, Thyrsitocephalus, Trachinoidei, Trichiuroidei, Trispinachidae, Tungtingichthys, Wangia, Xiphioidei, Zoarcoidei
Subtaxa: Scorpaenidae Scorpaenoideorum Sebastidae Setarchidae Synanceiidae Tetrarogidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Chile (1 collection), Greece (1), Italy (1), United States (7: California, Oregon)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), United States (2: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Australia (1), Chile (2), Czechia (1), Italy (6), Japan (3), Kazakhstan (1), New Zealand (1), United States (5: California)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), Czechia (1), France (1), Germany (2), Japan (1), Romania (1), United States (1: California)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Belgium (1), France (1), Germany (1), India (1), Italy (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 53 collections including 75 occurrences