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Monotypic taxon:
Family
Gnathanacanthidae
Gill, 1892
- red velvetfishes
(fish)
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Entity:
Scorpaenoidei (Suborder)
..[Apistidae] (Family)
..[Aploactinidae] (Family) - velvetfishes
..Bembridae (Family) - deepwater flatheads
..[Caracanthidae] (Family) - coral crouchers
..Congiopodidae (Family) - racehorses
..[Eschmeyeridae] (Family) - cofishes
..Hoplichthyidae (Family) - spiny flatheads
..Neosebastidae (Family) - gurnard scorpionfishes
..Normanichthyidae (Family) - barehead scorpionfishes
..[Pataecidae] (Family) - Australian prowfishes
..[Peristediidae] (Family) - armored searobins
..[Perryenidae] (Family)
..Platycephalidae (Family) - flatheads
..[Platycephaloidea] (Superfamily)
..Plectrogeniidae (Family) - stinger flatheads
..Scorpaenidae (Family) - scorpionfishes
..[Scorpaenoidea] (Superfamily)
..[Sebastidae] (Family)
..[Setarchidae] (Family)
..Synanceiidae (Family) - stonefishes
..[Tetrarogidae] (Family) - waspfishes
..Triglidae (Family) - searobins
..Zanclorhynchidae (Family) - horsefishes
..[Gnathanacanthidae] (Family) - red velvetfishes
Types
Type
:
Gnathanacanthus
(Genus)
Bleeker, 1854
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 327.
[implicit]
Variants
Current rank
:
Gnathanacanthinae
(Subfamily)
Gill, 1892
Ref:
R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021
: (14 Mar 2025).
[inferred]
Former rank
:
Gnathanacanthinae
(Subfamily)
Gill, 1892
Synonyms
Including
:
Zaniolepididae
(Family)
Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
Ref:
[Anonymous], 1995
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
red velvetfishes
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 474.
:
red velvetfishes
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998
: 2473.
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Last updated:
21 Sep 2025