Osteichthyes - Perciformes - Scorpaenidae
Parent taxon: Scorpaenoidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also David 1943, Fierstine et al. 2012, Gaemers 1984, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016, Pauca 1931, Schwarzhans 2003, Schwarzhans 2007 and Schwarzhans and Nielsen 2021
Sister taxa: Scorpaenoideorum, Sebastidae, Setarchidae, Synanceiidae, Tetrarogidae
Subtaxa: Pontinus Rhomarchus Rixator Scorpaena Scorpaenidarum Scorpaeninae Scorpaenoides Sebastes Sebastichthys Sebastolobus Setarchinae
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), France (1), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 50 collections including 72 occurrences