Pteroinae is a subfamily of marine ray-finned fishes in the family Scorpaenidae. This tribe includes the lionfishes, sawcheek scorpionfishes, and turkeyfishes. Previously, the fifth edition of Fishes of the World treated this group as a tribe within the subfamily Scorpaeninae of the family Scorpaenidae within the order Scorpaeniformes, while other authorities treat it as a subfamily within a reduced family Scorpaenidae within the suborder Scorpaenoidei, or the superfamily Scorpaenoidea within the order Perciformes. Presently, Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes treats it as a subfamily within Scorpaenidae.
These seven extant genera are included in the subfamily Pteroinae, in 29 species:
The only fossil record of the family is â Eopterois,<small>Schwarzhans, Stringer & Takeuchi, 2024</small> known from fossil otoliths from the Middle Eocene of Mississippi, US.