The strict consensus of a maximum parsimony analysis of the COI region of 26 individuals of Scorpaenodes. The tree was rooted on Scorpaena plumieri. Numbers above branches represent bootstrap support values > 50.

 
 
  Part of: Baldwin CC, Pitassy DE, Robertson DR (2016) A new deep-reef scorpionfish (Teleostei, Scorpaenidae, Scorpaenodes) from the southern Caribbean with comments on depth distributions and relationships of western Atlantic members of the genus. ZooKeys 606: 141-158. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.606.8590