Pteroinae
| Pteroinae Temporal range: | |
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| Pterois volitans | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Scorpaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Pteroinae Kaup, 1873 |
| Type species | |
| Scorpaena volitans Bloch, 1787 | |
| Genera | |
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Pteroinae is a subfamily of marine ray-finned fishes in the family Scorpaenidae. This tribe includes the lionfishes, sawcheek scorpionfishes, and turkeyfishes. Previously, the fifth edition of Fishes of the World treated this group as a tribe within the subfamily Scorpaeninae of the family Scorpaenidae within the order Scorpaeniformes, while other authorities treat it as a subfamily within a reduced family Scorpaenidae within the suborder Scorpaenoidei, or the superfamily Scorpaenoidea within the order Perciformes. Presently, Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes treats it as a subfamily within Scorpaenidae.
Genera
These seven extant genera are included in the subfamily Pteroinae, in 29 species:
| Image | Genus |
|---|---|
 | Brachypterois Fowler, 1938 |
 | Dendrochirus Swainson, 1839 |
 | Ebosia Jordan & Starks, 1904 |
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Nemapterois Fowler, 1938 |
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Neochirus Chou, Liu & Liao, 2023 |
 | Parapterois Bleeker, 1876 |
 | Pterois Oken, 1817 |
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Pteropterus Swainson, 1839 |
Fossil record
The only fossil record of the family is †Eopterois,Schwarzhans, Stringer & Takeuchi, 2024 known from fossil otoliths from the Middle Eocene of Mississippi, US.