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Definition of PERCIFORMES

Perciformes
Perciformes Per`ci*for"mes, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) An extensive tribe or suborder of fishes, including the true perches (Percid[ae]); the pondfishes (Centrarchid[ae]); the sci[ae]noids (Sci[ae]nid[ae]); the sparoids (Sparid[ae]); the serranoids (Serranid[ae]), and some other related families.

Meaning of PERCIFORMES from wikipedia

- Perciformes (/ˈpɜːrsɪˌfɔːrmiːz/), also called the Acanthopteri, is an order or superorder of ray-finned fish in the clade Percomorpha. Perciformes means...
- There are 3878 species and 18 subspecies in the order Perciformes ****essed as least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Slender...
- and porgies, although they were traditionally classified in the order Perciformes. They are found in shallow temperate and tropical waters around the world...
- Zoarcales within the suborder Cottoidei of the Perciformes because removing the Scorpaeniformes from the Perciformes renders that taxon non monophyletic. Anarhichadidae...
- formerly classified as a suborder of the Perciformes but the 5th Edition of Fishes of the World divided the Perciformes into a number of new orders and the...
- order Perciformes. It is sometimes classified as a separate family, the El****omatidae, in a monotypic suborder, El****omatoidei, in Perciformes. The type...
- established; note that all inhabit the Southern Hemisphere. Fish of the order Perciformes that are commonly called "cod" include: Blue cod Parapercis colias Eastern...
- are a family, Plesiopidae, which were formerly placed in the order Perciformes but are now regarded as being incertae sedis in the subseries Ovalentaria...
- Schindleria brevipinguis is a species of marine fish in family Gobiidae of Perciformes. Known as the stout infantfish, it is native to Australia's Great Barrier...
- order of fishes. Its members were previously classified under the order Perciformes, but now many authorities consider it to be an independent order within...