Family Synanceiidae - Stonefishes
Order : Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei Synanceiidae
Class : Teleostei
No. in FishBase : Genera : 9 | Species : 40 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
Environment : Fresh : Yes | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes
Division : Marine
Aquarium : show
First Fossil Record :      
Remark : Distribution: Indo-Pacific. No free pectoral rays; skin glands present, appearing as 'warts' in most species; dorsal fin with 11-17 spines and 4-14 soft rays; anal fin with 2-4 spines and 4-14 soft rays; pelvic fin with one spine and 3-5 soft rays; pectoral fin rays 11-10; vertebrae 23-30. Venom glands present near base of hypodermiclike dorsal fin spines. The neurotoxin of these fishes is the most deadly of the fish venoms and can be fatal to humans. Species camouflage as rocks. Mainly marine, but some species are known from rivers. We include here Nelson's (1994) Minoinae and Choridactylinae.
Etymology : Greek, syn, sym = all together, united + Greek, agkos, -eos = curved, bent ( Ref. 45335).
Reproductive guild :
Typical activity level :
Main Ref. : Nelson, J.S. 1994
Coordinator :
Deep Fin Classification : Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Eupercaria | | | Perciformes | Scorpaenoidei | | Synanceiidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Synanceiidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Synanceiinae
Synanceia horrida (Linnaeus, 1766)
acceptedseniornew
Scorpaena horrida Linnaeus, 1766
synonymseniororiginal
! Synanceia horrid (Linnaeus, 1766)
synonymseniornew
! Synanceja horrida (Linnaeus, 1766)
synonymseniornew
! Synaneceiea horrida (Linnaeus, 1766)
synonymseniornew
Synanceia trachynis Richardson, 1842
synonymjuniororiginal
Synanceia verrucosa Bloch & Schneider, 1801
acceptedseniororiginal
Synanceichthys verrucosa (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
synonymseniornew
Synanceichthys verrucosus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
synonymseniornew
! Synaceia verrucosa Bloch & Schneider, 1801
synonymseniororiginal
! Synanceja verrucosa Bloch & Schneider, 1801
synonymseniororiginal
! Synancejia verrucosa Bloch & Schneider, 1801
synonymseniororiginal
! Synancia verrucosa Bloch & Schneider, 1801
synonymseniororiginal
Scorpaena brachion Lacepède, 1801
synonymjuniororiginal
Synanceia brachio Cuvier, 1829
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Synancidium horridum (non Linnaeus, 1758)
misappliedmisappliedmisapplied
Synanceia horrida (non Linnaeus, 1766)
misappliedmisappliednew
acceptedseniororiginal
! Synanceia platyrhyncha Bleeker, 1874
synonymseniororiginal
Synanceia alula Eschmeyer & Rama-Rao, 1973
acceptedseniororiginal
Synanceia nana Eschmeyer & Rama-Rao, 1973
acceptedseniororiginal
Synanceia quinque Matsunuma, Manjaji- Matsumoto & Motomura, 2021
acceptedseniororiginal
Erosa erosa (Cuvier, 1829)
acceptedseniornew
Synanceia erosa Cuvier, 1829
synonymseniororiginal
Trachicephalus uranoscopus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
acceptedseniornew
Synanceia uranoscopa Bloch & Schneider, 1801
synonymseniororiginal
Polycaulus uranoscopus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
synonymseniornew
Leptosynanceia asteroblepa (Richardson, 1844)
acceptedseniornew
Synanceia asteroblepa Richardson, 1844
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Dampierosa daruma Whitley, 1932
acceptedseniororiginal
Erosa daruma (Whitley, 1932)
synonymseniornew
Choridactylinae
Choridactylus multibarbus Richardson, 1848
acceptedseniororiginal
! Choridactylus multibarbis Richardson, 1848
synonymseniororiginal
Choridactylus natalensis (Gilchrist, 1902)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Choridactylus striatus Mandrytsa, 1993
acceptedseniororiginal
Choridactylus lineatus Poss & Mee, 1995
acceptedseniororiginal
Inimicus japonicus (Cuvier, 1829)
acceptedseniornew
Pelor japonicum Cuvier, 1829
synonymseniororiginal
! Inimicus japonica (Cuvier, 1829)
synonymseniornew
Inimicus didactylus (Pallas, 1769)
acceptedseniornew
Scorpaena didactyla Pallas, 1769
synonymseniororiginal
Inimicus filamentosus (Cuvier, 1829)
acceptedseniornew
Inimicus dactylus Cornic, 1987
ambiguousotheroriginal
Pelor filamentosum Cuvier, 1829
synonymseniororiginal
! Pelor filamentosus Cuvier, 1829
synonymseniororiginal
Inimicus sinensis (Valenciennes, 1833)
acceptedseniornew
Pelor sinense Valenciennes, 1833
synonymseniororiginal
! Pelor sinensis Valenciennes, 1833
synonymseniororiginal
Inimicus cuvieri (Gray, 1835)
acceptedseniornew
Pelors cuvieri Gray, 1835
synonymseniororiginal
! Inimicus cuvier (Gray, 1835)
synonymseniornew
Inimicus brachyrhynchus (Bleeker, 1874)
acceptedseniornew
Pelor brachyrhynchus Bleeker, 1874
synonymseniororiginal
Inimicus caledonicus (Sauvage, 1878)
acceptedseniornew
Pelor caledonicum Sauvage, 1878
synonymseniororiginal
Pelor barbatus De Vis, 1884
synonymjuniororiginal
Inimicus barbatus (De Vis, 1884)
synonymjuniornew
Inimicus joubini (Chevey, 1927)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Inimicus smirnovi Mandrytsa, 1990
acceptedseniororiginal
Inimicus gruzovi Mandrytsa, 1991
acceptedseniororiginal
Minoinae
Minous monodactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
acceptedseniornew
Scorpaena monodactyla Bloch & Schneider, 1801
synonymseniororiginal
Minous woora Cuvier, 1829
synonymjuniororiginal
Scorpaena biaculeata Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1829
synonymjuniororiginal
Apistes russellii Swainson, 1839
synonymjuniororiginal
Minous adamsii Richardson, 1848
synonymjuniororiginal
Minous blochi Kaup, 1858
synonymjuniororiginal
Minous oxycephalus Bleeker, 1876
synonymjuniororiginal
Minous echigonius Jordan & Starks, 1904
synonymjuniororiginal
Lycodermus satsumae Smith & Pope, 1906
synonymjuniororiginal
Minous pusillus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843
acceptedseniororiginal
Minous trachycephalus (Bleeker, 1855)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Minous pictus (non Günther, 1880)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Minous inermis (non Alcock, 1889)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Minous pictus Günther, 1880
acceptedseniororiginal
Minous coccineus (non Alcock, 1890)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Minous inermis Alcock, 1889
acceptedseniororiginal
Minous longipinnis Lloyd, 1909
synonymjuniororiginal
Minous coccineus Alcock, 1890
acceptedseniororiginal
Minous superciliosus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908
synonymjuniororiginal
Minous trachycephalus (non Bleeker, 1855)
misappliedmisappliednew
Minous longimanus Regan, 1908
acceptedseniororiginal
Minous versicolor Ogilby, 1910
acceptedseniororiginal
Minous quincarinatus (Fowler, 1943)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Sebastes inermis (non Cuvier, 1829)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Minous inermis (non Alcock, 1889)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Minous dempsterae Eschmeyer, Hallacher & Rama-Rao, 1979
acceptedseniororiginal
Minous andriashevi Mandrytsa, 1990
acceptedseniororiginal
Minous usachevi Mandrytsa, 1993
acceptedseniororiginal
Minous groeneveldi Matsunuma & Motomura, 2018
acceptedseniororiginal
Minous pictus (non Günther, 1880)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Minous radiatus Matsunuma & Motomura, 2018
acceptedseniororiginal
Minous pictus (non Günther, 1880)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Minous roseus Matsunuma & Motomura, 2018
acceptedseniororiginal
Minous trachycephalus (non Bleeker, 1855)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
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