Neosebastinae
| Neosebastinae | |
|---|---|
| Thetis Fish (Neosebastes thetidae) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Scorpaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Neosebastinae Matsubara, 1943 |
| Genera | |
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Neosebastidae, the gurnard scorpionfishes or gurnard perches, is a small family of deep-sea ray-finned fishes. It is part of the suborder Scorpaenoidei within the order Perciformes. These fishes are found in the Indian and Pacific oceans. Several of the species in this family are venomous.