Choridactylinae
| Choridactylinae | |
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| Orangebanded stingfish (C. multibarbus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Synanceiidae |
| Subfamily: | Choridactylinae Kaup, 1859 |
| Genera | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Choridactylinae, commonly known as stingfishes, stingers or ghouls, is a subfamily of venomous ray-finned fishes classified within the family Synanceiidae, the stonefishes, part of the suborder Scorpaenoidei, the scorpionfishes and their relatives. These fishes are found in the Indo-Pacific.