- 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...
-
Early Eocene-aged Eosynanceja,
which is also one of the
earliest known perciforms.
Scorpaenidae is
divided into the
following subfamilies and tribes, containing...
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Cypriniformes (barbs and allies),
Siluriformes (catfish) and
Perciformes (
perciform fish), each
comprising about 50%, 23% and 14% of the
total fish species...
- The
snakeheads are
members of the
freshwater perciform fish
family Channidae,
native to
parts of
Africa and Asia.
These elongated,
predatory fish are...
- developed.
Pterophyllum should not be
confused with
marine angelfish,
perciform fish
found on
shallow ocean reefs. The
currently recognized species in...
- 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...
-
Lutjanidae or
snappers are a
family of
perciform fish,
mainly marine, but with some
members inhabiting estuaries,
feeding in
fresh water. The
family includes...
-
Salmonidae -
salmon atheriniforms - flyingfishes, halfbeaks,
sauries perciforms - jacks, dolphinfish, pomfrets, barracudas, tunas, billfish. Mesopelagic...
- also the second-largest
order of
extant (living) vertebrates,
after the
perciform fish.
Squamates are
distinguished by
their skins,
which bear
horny scales...
