- Scorpaeniformes, are now
classified in the Perciformes. The
earliest fossil perciform is the
extinct serranid Paleoserr**** from the
Early Paleocene of Mexico...
-
superorder Acanthopterygii, and in the 1960s, they were
classed as
primitive perciforms,
while others have
grouped them in Atheriniformes. They are classified...
-
Cypriniformes (barbs and allies),
Siluriformes (catfish) and
Perciformes (
perciform fish), each
comprising about 50%, 23% and 14% of the
total fish species...
- they
typically live in deep waters,
though are not
bottom feeders. The
perciform fish
known as the red
bandfish (Cepola macrophthalma) is
sometimes referred...
- The
skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) is a
perciform fish in the tuna family, Scombridae, and is the only
member of the
genus Katsuwonus. It is also...
- Sand
stargazers are blennioids;
perciform marine fish of the
family Dactyloscopidae.
Found in
temperate to
tropical waters of
North and
South America;...
-
Maastrichtian type area (Netherlands, Belgium) do****ent
early gadiform and
perciform fishes during the Late Cretaceous,
prior to the K/Pg
boundary extinction...
- pike,
yellow pike,
yellow pikeperch or
yellow pickerel, is a
freshwater perciform fish
native to most of
Canada and to the
Northern United States. It is...
- also the second-largest
order of
extant (living) vertebrates,
after the
perciform fish.
Squamates are
distinguished by
their skins,
which bear
horny scales...
-
Marine angelfish are
perciform fish of the
family Pomacanthidae. They are
found on
shallow reefs in the
tropical Atlantic, Indian, and
mostly western...
