1. (noun) fishes having the head armored with bony plates

• scorpaenoid fish

1. (noun) fishes having the head armored with bony plates

• acanthopterygian
• spiny-finned fish

1. (noun) fishes having the head armored with bony plates

• butterflyfish
• flying gurnard
• flying robin
• cyclopterus lumpus
• lumpfish
• flathead
• greenling
• gurnard
• lingcod
• ophiodon elongatus
• liparis liparis
• sea snail
• seasnail
• snailfish
• poacher
• sea poacher
• sea poker
• scorpaenid
• scorpaenid fish
• sculpin

1. (noun) fishes having the head armored with bony plates

• scorpaenoidea
• suborder scorpaenoidea