scorpænoidea

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

• n. A superfamily of mailcheeked fishes, with the hypercoracoid and hypocoracoid bones normally developed, a complete myodome, and post-temporals normally articulated with the cranium, comprising the families Scorpænidæ, Synanceidæ, Hexagrammidæ, and Anoplopomidæ.