Synanceiidae

Stonefishes

40 species

1. 1Choridactylus lineatus Poss & Mee, 1995 · Lined stingfishocean · tropical
2. 2Choridactylus multibarbus Richardson, 1848 · Orangebanded stingfishocean · tropical
3. 3Choridactylus natalensis (Gilchrist, 1902) · Threestick stingfishocean · subtropical
4. 4Choridactylus striatus Mandrytsa, 1993ocean · tropical
5. 5Dampierosa daruma Whitley, 1932 · Daruma stingerocean · tropical · reef
6. 6Erosa erosa (Cuvier, 1829) · Pitted stonefishocean · tropical · reef
7. 7Inimicus brachyrhynchus (Bleeker, 1874) · Singapore stingerocean · tropical
8. 8Inimicus caledonicus (Sauvage, 1878) · Chinese ghoulocean · tropical · reef
9. 9Inimicus cuvieri (Gray, 1835) · Longsnout stingerocean · tropical
10. 10Inimicus didactylus (Pallas, 1769) · Bearded ghoulbrackish · ocean · tropical · reef
11. 11Inimicus filamentosus (Cuvier, 1829) · Two-stick stingfishocean · tropical · reef
12. 12Inimicus gruzovi Mandrytsa, 1991ocean · tropical
13. 13Inimicus japonicus (Cuvier, 1829)ocean · tropical
14. 14Inimicus joubini (Chevey, 1927)ocean · temperate
15. 15Inimicus sinensis (Valenciennes, 1833) · Spotted ghoulocean · tropical · reef
16. 16Inimicus smirnovi Mandrytsa, 1990ocean · tropical
17. 17Leptosynanceia asteroblepa (Richardson, 1844)fresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
18. 18Minous andriashevi Mandrytsa, 1990ocean · tropical
19. 19Minous coccineus Alcock, 1890 · Onestick stingfishocean · tropical
20. 20Minous dempsterae Eschmeyer, Hallacher & Rama-Rao, 1979 · Obliquebanded stingfishocean · tropical
21. 21Minous groeneveldi Matsunuma & Motomura, 2018 · Groeneveld's stingfishocean · tropical
22. 22Minous inermis Alcock, 1889 · Alcock's scorpionfishocean · tropical
23. 23Minous longimanus Regan, 1908ocean · tropical
24. 24Minous monodactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) · Grey stingfishocean · tropical
25. 25Minous pictus Günther, 1880 · Painted stingerocean · tropical
26. 26Minous pusillus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 · Dwarf stingfishocean · tropical
27. 27Minous quincarinatus (Fowler, 1943)ocean · temperate
28. 28Minous radiatus Matsunuma & Motomura, 2018 · Radial stingfishocean · tropical
29. 29Minous roseus Matsunuma & Motomura, 2018 · Pink stingfishocean · tropical
30. 30Minous trachycephalus (Bleeker, 1855) · Striped stingfishocean · tropical
31. 31Minous usachevi Mandrytsa, 1993ocean · tropical
32. 32Minous versicolor Ogilby, 1910 · Plumstriped stingfishocean · tropical
33. 33Pseudosynanceia melanostigma Day, 1875 · Blackfin stonefishbrackish · ocean · subtropical
34. 34Synanceia alula Eschmeyer & Rama-Rao, 1973 · Midget stonefishocean · tropical · reef
35. 35Synanceia horrida (Linnaeus, 1766) · Estuarine stonefishbrackish · ocean · tropical · reef
36. 36Synanceia nana Eschmeyer & Rama-Rao, 1973 · Red Sea stonefishocean · tropical
37. 37Synanceia platyrhynchus Bleeker, 1874ocean · tropical
38. 38Synanceia quinque Matsunuma, Manjaji- Matsumoto & Motomura, 2021 · Quinque stonefishocean · tropical · reef
39. 39Synanceia verrucosa Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · Stonefishocean · tropical · reef · full sheet
40. 40Trachicephalus uranoscopus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) · Stargazing stonefishbrackish · ocean · tropical

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.