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Scorpaenichthyidae
| Description | The cabezon (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus) is a large species of sculpin native to the Pacific coast of North America. Although the genus name translates literally as "scorpion fish", true scorpionfish (such as lionfish) belong to the related family Scorpaenidae. The cabezon is the only known member of its genus. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpaenichthyidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Scorpaenichthyidae | |||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||
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| Scientific Name | Scorpaenichthyidae | |||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpaenichthyidae |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
