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Perciformes Endangered

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

Ambassidae (Asiatic glassfish) (3)
Anabantidae (climbing perches) (2)
Apogonidae (cardinalfishes) (2)
Badidae (1)
Blenniidae (blennies, combtooth blennies, and scaleless blennies) (2)
Callionymidae (dragonets and scotter blennies) (1)
Centrarchidae (sunfish and sunfishes) (1)
Cichlidae (cichlids) (188)
Cirrhitidae (hawkfishes) (1)
Clinidae (clinids, kelpfishes, klipfishes, and scaled blennies) (3)
Datnioididae (1)
Elassomatidae (1)
Eleotridae (sleepers) (30)
Gobiidae (gobies and true gobies) (62)
Labridae (parrotfishes, rainbowfishes, and wrasses) (3)
Labrisomidae (Labrisomid fish) (2)
Latidae (2)
Lethrinidae (porgies, rudderfishes, and scavengers) (1)
Malacanthidae (tilefishes) (1)
Mullidae (goat fishes) (1)
Odontobutidae (Sleeper goby) (1)
Osphronemidae (giant gouramis) (47)
Percichthyidae (temperate basses) (8)
Percidae (perches and true perches) (28)
Polyprionidae (Wreckfish) (1)
Pomacanthidae (angelfishes) (1)
Pomacentridae (damselfishes) (3)
Rhyacichthyidae (loach gobies) (1)
Scaridae (parrotfishes) (1)
Sciaenidae (croakers, drums, and roncadores) (7)
Scombridae (albacores, bonitos, mackerels, and tunas) (1)
Serranidae (groupers and sea basses) (7)
Sillaginidae (sillagos, smelts, and whitings) (1)
Sparidae (porgies) (6)
Terapontidae (Tigerperch) (5)
Tripterygiidae (threadfin blennies) (1)

(...) = Species count

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