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Mail-cheeked fish

Mail-cheekd fish, also called Scorpaeniformes, is a large order of fish. It includes the red-fish, the tub gurnard and the grey gurnard. The fatherlasher (or bull rout), the armed bullhead (or hooknose), the sea snail and the lumpsucker, all characteristic species for tidal and coastal waters, belong to this group.