Perciform taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes

• Suborder Percoidei
  • Superfamily Percoidea
    • Acropomatidae (temperate ocean-basses)
    • Ambassidae (Asiatic glassfishes)
    • Apogonidae (cardinalfishes)
    • Arripidae (Australasian salmon)
    • Banjosidae
    • Bathyclupeidae
    • Bramidae (pomfrets)
    • Callanthiidae
    • Carangidae (jacks, pompanos)
    • Caristiidae (manefishes)
    • Centracanthidae
    • Centrarchidae (freshwater sunfishes)
    • Centropomidae (snooks)
    • Chaetodontidae (butterflyfishes)
    • Coryphaenidae (dolphinfishes)
    • Dichistiidae (galjoen fishes)
    • Dinolestidae (long-finned pike)
    • Dinopercidae
    • Drepaneidae
    • Echeneidae (remoras)
    • Emmelichthyidae (rovers)
    • Enoplosidae (oldwife)
    • Epigonidae (deepwater cardinalfishes)
    • Gerreidae (mojarras)
    • Glaucosomatidae (pearl perches)
    • Grammatidae (basslets)
    • Haemulidae (grunts)
    • Inermiidae (bonnetmouths)
    • Kuhliidae (flagtails or aholeholes)
    • Kyphosidae (sea chubs)
    • Lactariidae (false trevallies)
    • Leiognathidae (ponyfishes)
    • Leptobramidae (beachsalmon)
    • Lethrinidae
    • Lobotidae (tripletails)
    • Lutjanidae (snappers, fusiliers)
    • Malacanthidae (Tilefishes)
    • Menidae (moonfish)
    • Monodactylidae (moonyfishes)
    • Moronidae (temperate basses)
    • Mullidae (goatfishes)
    • Nandidae (leaffishes)
    • Nematistiidae (roosterfish)
    • Nemipteridae (threadfin breams)
    • Notograptidae
    • Opistognathidae (jawfishes)
    • Oplegnathidae (knifejaws)
    • Ostracoberycidae
    • Pempheridae (sweepers)
    • Pentacerotidae (armorheads)
    • Percichthyidae (Temperate perches)
    • Percidae (perches and darters)
    • Plesiopidae
    • Polycentridae
    • Polynemidae (threadfins)
    • Polyprionidae (wreckfishes)
    • Pomacanthidae (angelfishes)
    • Pomatomidae (bluefishes)
    • Priacanthidae (bigeyes, catalufas)
    • Pseudochromidae (dottybacks)
    • Rachycentridae (cobia)
    • Sciaenidae (drums)
    • Scombropidae (gnomefish)
    • Serranidae (sea basses, groupers)
    • Sillaginidae (whitings et al)
    • Sparidae (porgies)
    • Terapontidae (grunters or tigerperches)
    • Toxotidae (archerfishes)
  • Superfamily Cirrhitoidea
    • Aplodactylidae (marblefishes)
    • Cheilodactylidae (morwongs)
    • Chironemidae (kelpfishes)
    • Cirrhitidae (hawkfishes)
    • Latridae (trumpeters)
  • Superfamily Cepoloidea
    • Cepolidae (bandfishes)
• Suborder Elassomatoidei
  • Elassomatidae (pygmy sunfishes)
• Suborder Labroidei
  • Cichlidae (cichlids)
  • Embiotocidae (surfperches)
  • Labridae (wrasses)
  • Odacidae
  • Pomacentridae (damselfishes)
  • Scaridae (parrotfishes)
• Suborder Zoarcoidei
  • Anarhichadidae (Wolffish)
  • Bathymasteridae (ronquils)
  • Cryptacanthodidae
  • Pholidae
  • Ptilichthyidae
  • Scytalinidae
  • Stichaeidae (pricklebacks)
  • Zaproridae (prowfish)
  • Zoarcidae (eelpouts)
• Suborder Notothenioidei
  • Bathydraconidae
  • Bovichthyidae
  • Channichthyidae (crocodile icefishes)
  • Harpagiferidae (plunderfishes)
  • Nototheniidae
• Suborder Trachinoidei
  • Ammodytidae (sand lances)
  • Champsodontidae
  • Cheimarrhichthyidae
  • Chiasmodontidae
  • Creediidae (sandburrowers)
  • Leptoscopidae
  • Percophidae (duckbills)
  • Pholidichthyidae (convict blenny)
  • Pinguipedidae (sandperches)
  • Trachinidae (weeverfishes)
  • Trichodontidae (sandfishes)
  • Trichonotidae (sanddivers)
  • Uranoscopidae (stargazers)
• Suborder Blennioidei
  • Blenniidae
  • Chaenopsidae
  • Clinidae
  • Dactyloscopidae
  • Labrisomidae
  • Tripterygiidae
• Suborder Icosteoidei
  • Icosteidae (ragfishes)
• Suborder Gobiesocoidei
  • Gobiesocidae (clingfishes)
• Suborder Callionymoidei
  • Callionymidae (dragonets)
  • Draconettidae
• Suborder Gobioidei
  • Eleotridae (sleepers)
  • Gobiidae (gobies)
  • Kraemeriidae (sandfishes or sand gobies)
  • Microdesmidae (wormfishes)
  • Odontobutidae
  • Ptereleotridae (dartfishes)
  • Rhyacichthyidae (loach gobies)
  • Schindleriidae
  • Xenisthmidae
• Suborder Kurtoidei
  • Kurtidae (nurseryfishes)
• Suborder Acanthuroidei
  • Acanthuridae (surgeonfishes)
  • Ephippidae (spadefishes)
  • Luvaridae (louvar)
  • Scatophagidae (scats)
  • Siganidae (rabbitfishes)
  • Zanclidae (moorish idol)
• Suborder Scombrolabracoidei
  • Scombrolabracidae
• Suborder Scombroidei
  • Sphyraenidae (barracudas)
  • Gempylidae (snake mackerels)
  • Trichiuridae (cutlassfishes)
  • Scombridae (mackerels and tunas)
  • Xiphiidae (billfishes)
• Suborder Stromateoidei
  • Amarsipidae
  • Ariommatidae
  • Centrolophidae (medusafishes)
  • Nomeidae (driftfishes)
  • Tetragonuridae (squaretails)
  • Stromateidae (butterfishes)
• Suborder Anabantoidei
  • Anabantidae (climbing gouramies)
  • Helostomatidae (kissing gourami)
  • Luciocephalidae (pikehead)
  • Osphronemidae (gouramies)
• Suborder Channoidei
  • Channidae (snakeheads)

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