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Perciformes

Wikipedia Abstract

Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, are the largest order of vertebrates, containing about 41% of all bony fish. Perciformes means "perch-like". They belong to the class of ray-finned fish, and comprise over 10,000 species found in almost all aquatic ecosystems. The order contains about 160 families, which is the most of any order within the vertebrates. It is also the most variably sized order of vertebrates, ranging from the 7-mm (1/4-in) Schindleria brevipinguis to the marlin in the Makaira genus. They first appeared and diversified in the Late Cretaceous.
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Family

Acanthonemidae (3)
Acanthuridae (surgeonfishes and tangs) (135)
Acropomatidae (lanterbellies and lanternbellies) (54)
Aenigmachannidae (2)
Amarsipidae (Fish) (1)
Ambassidae (Asiatic glassfish) (57)   (3)
Ammodytidae (sabd lances and sand lances) (45)
Anabantidae (climbing perches) (36)   (2)
Anarhichadidae (wolffishes) (7)
Aplodactylidae (Marblefish) (6)
Apogonidae (cardinalfishes) (419)   (2)
Ariommatidae (Fish) (12)
Arripidae (Australian salmon) (4)
Artedidraconidae (37)
Badidae (36)   (1)
Banjosidae (Fish) (3)
Bathyclupeidae (deepsea herrings) (12)
Bathydraconidae (Antarctic dragonfishes and dragonfishes) (17)
Bathymasteridae (ronquils) (7)
Blenniidae (blennies, combtooth blennies, and scaleless blennies) (609)   (2)
Blochiidae (4)
Bovichtidae (Dragonet) (14)
Bramidae (pomfrets) (24)
Caesionidae (Fusilier) (27)
Callanthiidae (Sea bass) (19)
Callionymidae (dragonets and scotter blennies) (253)   (1)
Callipterygidae (2)
Caproidae (boarfishes and cuckoos) (30)
Carangidae (jacks and pompanos) (280)
Carangodidae (1)
Caristiidae (manefishes) (21)
Caucasichthyidae (1)
Centrarchidae (sunfish and sunfishes) (51)   (1)
Centrogenyidae (1)
Centrolophidae (rudderfishes) (40)
Centropomidae (snooks) (29)
Cepolidae (68)
Chaenopsidae (flag blennies) (104)
Chaetodontidae (butterflyfishes) (229)
Champsodontidae (benttooths and gapers) (16)
Channichthyidae (crocodile icefishes and icefishes) (25)
Channidae (snakeheads) (56)   (2)
Cheilodactylidae (jackassfishes and morwongs) (39)
Cheimarrichthyidae (2)
Chiasmodontidae (black swallowers and deepsea swallowers) (34)
Chilodipteridae (1)
Chironemidae (kelpfishes) (7)
Cichlidae (cichlids) (1,827)   (188)   (8)
Cirrhitidae (hawkfishes) (42)   (1)
Clinidae (clinids, kelpfishes, klipfishes, and scaled blennies) (122)   (3)
Coryphaenidae (dolphins and dorados) (31)
Creediidae (burrowers and gapers) (20)
Cryptacanthodidae (Wrymouth) (4)
Dactyloscopidae (sand stargazers) (51)
Datnioididae (5)   (1)
Dichistiidae (Galjoen fish) (2)
Dinolestidae (Fish) (1)
Dinopercidae (Cavebass) (3)
Draconettidae (Draconettid fish) (16)
Drepaneidae (Sicklefish) (4)
Echeneidae (remoras and sharksuckers) (40)
Elassomatidae (7)   (1)
Eleginopsidae (1)
Eleotridae (sleepers) (264)   (30)
Embiotocidae (surf perches and surfperches) (30)
Emmelichthyidae (bonnetmouths) (19)
Enoplosidae (Oldwife) (4)
Eocottidae (1)
Ephippidae (spadefishes) (35)
Epigonidae (Cardinalfish) (53)
Euzaphlegidae (14)
Exelliidae (5)
Gempylidae (snake mackerels) (41)
Gerreidae (mojarras) (67)
Glaucosomatidae (Pearl perch) (4)
Gobiidae (gobies and true gobies) (2,319)   (62)   (3)
Gobioidei (1)
Grammatidae (Basslet) (19)
Haemulidae (grunts) (231)
Hapalogenyidae (8)
Harpagiferidae (Plunderfish) (12)
Helostomatidae (kissing gouramis) (5)
Howellidae (10)
Icosteidae (ragfishes) (1)
Ioscionidae (1)
Istiophoridae (billfishes, marlins, sailfishes, and spearfishes) (27)
Kraemeriidae (sand fishes, sand gobies, and sandfishes) (9)
Kuhliidae (aholeholes, flagtails, and mountain basses) (15)
Kurtidae (bump heads and forehead brooders) (7)
Kushlukiidae (1)
Kyphosidae (pilotfishes, rudderfishes, and sea chubs) (79)
Labridae (parrotfishes, rainbowfishes, and wrasses) (710)   (3)
Labrisomidae (Labrisomid fish) (142)   (2)
Lactariidae (milkfishes) (11)
Lateolabracidae (3)
Latidae (21)   (2)   (1)
Latridae (15)
Leiognathidae (ponyfishes) (62)
Leptobramidae (Beachsalmon) (2)
Leptoscopidae (Sandfish) (16)
Lethrinidae (porgies, rudderfishes, and scavengers) (54)   (1)
Lobotidae (flashers and tripletails) (3)
Lutjanidae (sea perches and snappers) (140)   (1)
Luvaridae (louvars and luvarsus fishes) (5)
Malacanthidae (tilefishes) (53)   (1)
Massalongiidae (1)
Menidae (moonfishes and ponyfishes) (8)
Microdesmidae (dartfishes and wormfishes) (96)
Monodactylidae (fingerfishes, moonfishes, and silver angelfishes) (7)
Moronidae (temperate basses) (8)   (1)
Mullidae (goat fishes) (148)   (1)
Nandidae (leaffishes and nandus) (10)
Nematistiidae (Roosterfish) (1)
Nemipteridae (false snappers) (81)
Nomeidae (driftfishes, man-of-war fishes, and shepherdfishes) (21)
Nototheniidae (Antarctic blennies) (74)
Odacidae (Whiting) (12)
Odontobutidae (Sleeper goby) (25)   (1)
Opistognathidae (jawfishes and smilers) (95)
Oplegnathidae (knifejaws) (8)
Osphronemidae (giant gouramis) (140)   (47)
Ostracoberycidae (Fish) (3)
Palaeorhynchidae (10)
Parascorpididae (Jutjaw) (1)
Pempheridae (85)
Pentacerotidae (armorheads and boarfishes) (13)
Percichthyidae (temperate basses) (51)   (8)
Percidae (perches and true perches) (384)   (28)   (2)
Perciliidae (2)
Percophidae (Duckbill) (68)
Pholidae (gunnels) (15)
Pholidichthyidae (Convict blenny) (3)
Pinguipedidae (Sandperch) (116)
Plesiopidae (Roundhead) (55)
Polycentridae (3)
Polynemidae (threadfins) (53)
Polyprionidae (Wreckfish) (7)   (1)
Pomacanthidae (angelfishes) (110)   (1)
Pomacentridae (damselfishes) (490)   (3)
Pomatomidae (bluefishes) (10)
Priacanthidae (bigeyes and catalufas) (38)
Pristolepididae (8)
Propercarinidae (1)
Pseudaphritidae (3)
Pseudochromidae (Dottyback) (157)
Ptilichthyidae (quillfishes) (1)
Quasimullidae (1)
Rachycentridae (cobias) (3)
Repropcidae (2)
Rhyacichthyidae (loach gobies) (3)   (1)
Robertanniidae (2)
Scaridae (parrotfishes) (137)   (1)
Scatophagidae (butterfishes, scats, and spadefishes) (11)
Schindleriidae (Schindlerid fish) (8)
Sciaenidae (croakers, drums, and roncadores) (411)   (7)
Scombridae (albacores, bonitos, mackerels, and tunas) (141)   (1)
Scombrolabracidae (Black mackerel) (1)
Scombropidae (Gnomefish) (3)
Scytalinidae (graveldivers) (1)
Serranidae (groupers and sea basses) (740)   (7)
Siganidae (rabbitfishes and spinefishes) (37)
Sillaginidae (sillagos, smelts, and whitings) (47)   (1)
Sorbinipercidae (2)
Sparidae (porgies) (401)   (6)   (1)
Sphyraenidae (barracudas) (76)
Stichaeidae (pricklebacks and shannies) (73)
Stromateidae (butterfishes, harvestfishes, and rudderfishes) (36)
Symphysanodontidae (Slope fish) (14)
Terapontidae (Tigerperch) (63)   (5)
Tetragonuridae (squaretails) (3)
Thalasseleotrididae (6)
Tortonesidae (1)
Toxotidae (archerfishes) (15)
Trachinidae (true weevers and weeverfishes) (19)
Trichiuridae (cutlassfishes, hairtails, and ribbonfishes) (76)
Trichodontidae (sandfishes) (3)
Trichonotidae (sand divers and sand eels) (11)
Tripterygiidae (threadfin blennies) (191)   (1)
Uranoscopidae (stargazers) (79)
Xenisthmidae (Wormfish) (17)
Xiphiidae (swordfishes) (19)
Xiphiorhynchidae (1)
Zanclidae (Moorish idol) (3)
Zaproridae (prowfishes) (3)
Zoarcidae (eelpouts and viviparous blennies) (322)
Zorzinichthyidae (1)

Genus

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0