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

<==o Scorpaenoidei (skorpionikalamaiset)
   |-- Aploactinidae (samettisimput) [17/35]
   |--o Caracanthus [Caracanthidae] (nukkasimput; Orbicular velvetfishes)
   |  |-- C. maculatus (Gray, 1831) (Spotted coral croucher)
   |  |-- C. madagascariensis (Guichenot, 1869) (Spotted croucher)
   |  |-- C. typicus Krøyer, 1845
   |  `-- C. unipinnis (Gray, 1831) (Pygmy coral croucher)
   |--o Congiopodidae (porsassimput) [4/9]
   |  |-- Alertichthys blacki Moreland, 1960 (Alert pigfish)
   |  |--o Congiopodus [Agriopus] ()? [6]
   |  |  |-- C. coriaceus Paulin & Moreland, 1979 (Deepsea pigfish)
   |  |  |-- C. kieneri (Sauvage, 1878)
   |  |  |-- C. leucopaecilus (Richardson, 1846) (Southern pigfish)
   |  |  |-- C. peruvianus (Cuvier, 1829)
   |  |  |-- C. spinifer (Smith, 1839) (Spinenose horsefish)
   |  |  `-- C. torvus (Gronow, 1772) (Smooth horsefish)
   |  |-- Perryena leucometopon (Waite, 1922)
   |  `-- Zanclorhynchus spinifer Günther, 1880 (Spiny horsefish)
   |-- Gnathanacanthus goetzeei Bleeker, 1855 [Gnathanacanthidae] (Red velvetfish)
   |--o Pataecidae (australiankeulakalat) [N: 3/5] [FB: 3/3]
   |  |-- Neopataecus waterhousii (Castelnau, 1872) (Whiskered prowfish)
   |  |-- Pataecus fronto Richardson, 1844 (Red indianfish)
   |  `--o Aetapcus ()? [N: 3] [FB: 1]
   |     |-- A. sp.1 
   |     |-- A. sp.2
   |     `-- A. maculatus (Günther, 1861) (Warty prowfish)  
   |-- †Pterygocephalus paradoxus M. Eoc. Eu. [Pterygocephalidae]
   |-- Scorpaenidae (skorpionikalat)
   `--o Triglidae sensu Nelson, 1994 (kurnusimput; searobins, gurnards) [14/135]
      |-- Peristediinae [Peristediidae sensu Froese & Pauly, 2001] (panssarikurnusimput, armored searobins, armored gurnards) [N: 4/30] [FB: 4/33]
      `-- Triglinae [Triglidae sensu Froese & Pauly, 2001] (Searobins)

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