Triglidae
| Triglidae Temporal range: Eocene–recent, | |
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| Spiny red gurnard (Chelidonichthys spinosus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Suborder: | Platycephaloidei |
| Family: | Triglidae Rafinesque, 1815 |
| Subfamilies | |
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Triglidae, commonly known as gurnards or sea robins, are a family of bottom-feeding scorpaeniform ray-finned fish. The gurnards are distributed in temperate and tropical seas worldwide.