Alternative spellings: Scorpaenoidea, Scorpaenoidea
Parent taxon: Perciformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Casier 1966, Fierstine et al. 2012, Hay 1902, Marrama et al. 2020 and Schwarzhans 2003
Sister taxa: Acanthonotus, Acanthuroidei, Alepes, Ammodytoidei, Amphiperca, Anarhichas, Anarrhichthys, Aphia, Aplodactylidae, Apogonoides, Apolectus, Aramichthys, Arripidae, Avitolabrax, Bairdiella, Banjosidae, Bathyclupeidae, Bembropidae, Bilinia, Blabe, Brama, Branchiostegidae, Brotulidae, Burtinia, Callyodon, Carangodidae, Caucasichthyidae, Chaeturichthys, Chandidae, Chironemidae, Cockerellites, Coryphopterus, Cottioidei, Cottopsis, Ctenodentex, Ctenosciaena, Dapaloides, Diaphyodus, Dichistiidae, Dinopercidae, Dipterichthys, Ductoridae, Eocottidae, Eoluvarus, Eoserranus, Eothyrsites, Epinnula, Exelliidae, Gempylus, Glaucosoma, Gobioidei, Grammatorycnus, Haliophis, Hapalogeniidae, Hypacanthus, Hyperprosopon, Icosteoidei, Isacia, Kyphosus, Labroidea, Labroidei, Lactariidae, Landanichthys, Latellopsis, Latidae, Latridae, Lithognathus, Lonchistium, Lycodopsis, Lyconectes, Maccullochella, Matarchia, Menticirrhus, Mugiloidei, Nebris, Notothenioidei, Odonteobolca, Opisthomyzon, Ostracoberyx, Palaeoperca, Paraplatax, Parapygaeus, Pararhenanoperca, Pasaichthys, Pennahia, Pentacerotidae, Pentaprion, Percalates, Perciliidae, Percoidei, Percoideorum, Percophidae, Phanerodon, Phosphichthys, Pirskenius, Plagioholocentrus, Platycephalidae, Platylates, Priacanthopsis, Propercarinidae, Propygidium, Psenes, Pseudoscarus, Quasicichla, Quasimullidae, Quasinectes, Repropcidae, Rexea, Rhenanoperca, Robertanniidae, Scomberoides, Scombrolabracoidei, Scombropidae, Scombrops, Scombrosphyraena, Selar, Serranoidei, Sparidae, Sphyraenoidei, Sphyraenops, Stromateoidei, Stromateus, Synagrops, Tetrapterus, Thalasseloetridae, Thyrsitocephalus, Trachinoidei, Trichiuroidei, Tungtingichthys, Wangia, Xiphioidei, Zoarces, Zoarcoidei
Subtaxa: Scorpaenidae Scorpaenoideorum Sebastidae Setarchidae Synanceiidae Tetrarogidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Chile (1 collection), Greece (1), Italy (1), United States (6: 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), the Czech Republic (1), Italy (6), Japan (3), Kazakhstan (1), New Zealand (1), United States (5: California)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), the Czech Republic (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: 50 collections including 72 occurrences