After Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Scorpaenidae (scorpionfishes; skorpionikalat)
   |-- †Ampheristius [Goniognathus] L. Eoc. Eu.
   |-- †Ctenopomichthys [Ctenopoma, Jemelka]
   |-- †Eosynanceja L. Eoc. Eu. Mioc. Eu.
   |-- †Rhomarchus Mioc. NA.
   |-- †Rixator Mioc. NA.
   |-- †Scorpaenoides Eoc. Olig. Eu.
   |-- †Scorpaenopterus Mioc. Eu.
   |-- †Sebastavus Mioc. NA.
   |-- †Sebastinus Mioc. NA.
   |-- †Sebastoessus Mioc. NA.
   |-- Sebastinae [Sebastidae sensu Froese & Pauly, 2001] (puna-ahvenet) [N: 4/128] [FB: 7/122]
   |--+-- Scorpaeninae [Pteroidichthyinae] [Nelson: 15/150] [FB: 16/145 - Pteroinae] [paraphyletic]
   |  `-- Pteroinae (siipisimput) [5/17]
   |--o Sebastolobinae [3/5]
   |  |-- Adelosebastes
   |  |-- Sebastolobus
   |  `-- Trachyscorpia
   |--o Plectrogenium [Plectrogeninae; Plectrogenidae] [2]
   |  |-- P. barsukovi Mandrytsa, 1992
   |  `-- P. nanum Gilbert, 1905
   |--o Setarchinae [Setarchidae sensu Froese & Pauly, 2001] [3/5]
   |  |--o Ectreposebastes
   |  |  |-- E. imus Garman, 1899 (Midwater scorpionfish)
   |  |  `-- E. niger (Fourmanoir, 1971) (Pelagic scorpionfish)
   |  |-- Lioscorpius longiceps Günther, 1880
   |  `--o Setarctes
   |     |-- S. guentheri Johnson, 1862 (Deepwater scorpionfish)
   |     `-- S. longimanus (Alcock, 1894)
   |--o Neosebastinae [Neosebastidae sensu Froese & Pauly, 2001] [N: 2/12] [FB: 2/7]
   |  |--o Maxillicosta [5]
   |  |  |-- M. lopholepis Eschmeyer & Poss, 1976
   |  |  |-- M. raoulensis Eschmeyer & Poss, 1976
   |  |  |-- M. reticulata (de Buen, 1961)
   |  |  |-- M. scabriceps Whitley, 1935
   |  |  `-- M. whitleyi Eschmeyer & Ross, 1976 (Whitley's scorpionfish)
   |  `--o Neosebastes [7]
   |     |-- N. entaxis Jordan & Starks, 1904 (Orange-banded scorpionfish)
   |     |-- N. incisipinnis Ogilby, 1910
   |     |-- N. nigropunctatus McCulloch, 1915 (Black-spotted gurnard perch)
   |     |-- N. pandus (Richardson, 1842) (Rough gurnard perch)
   |     |-- N. pantica McCulloch & Waite, 1918 (Gulf gurnard perch)
   |     |-- N. scorpaenoides Guichenot, 1867 (Ruddy gurnard perch)
   |     `-- N. thetidis (Waite, 1899) (Thetis fish)
   |--o Apistinae [Apistidae] (ampiassimput, waspfishes) [3/3] ---> Triglidae??
   |  |-- Apistops caloundra (de Vis, 1886) (Short-armed waspfish)
   |  |-- Apistus carinatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Ocellated waspfish)
   |  `-- Cheroscorpaena tridactyla Mees, 1964
   |-- Tetraroginae [Tetrarogidae] (purjeeväsimput: sailback scorpionfishes. wasp fishes) [Nelson: 11/35] [Fishbase: 13/30]
   `-- Synanceiidae sensu Froese & Pauly, 2001 [Scorpaenidae: Minoinae, Choridactylinae, Inimicinae & Synanceinae] (velhokalat; stonefishes)

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