Percoidei

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Percoidei Higher classification Perciformes Length Mahi-mahi: 86 – 140 cm		Phylum Chordata Lifespan Mahi-mahi: 7 years Rank Suborder

Mass European perch: 2.6 kg, Zander: 11 kg Lower classifications Japanese sea bass, Serranidae, Grouper, Carangidae, Snapper

Percoidei is one of 18 suborders of bony fishes in the order Perciformes. Many commercially harvested fish species are contained in this suborder, including the snappers, jacks, whitings, groupers, basses, perches, and porgies.

Divisions

The Percoidei are further divided into three superfamilies which contain over 50 families and hundreds of genera.

Suborder Percoidei

Superfamily Percoidea

Acropomatidae (temperate ocean-basses)

Ambassidae (Asiatic glassfishes)

Apogonidae (cardinalfishes)

Arripidae (Australasian salmon)

Banjosidae

Bathyclupeidae

Bramidae (pomfrets)

Caesionidae (fusiliers)

Callanthiidae

Carangidae (jacks, pompanos)

Caristiidae (manefishes)

Centracanthidae

Centrarchidae (freshwater sunfishes)

Centropomidae (snooks)

Chaetodontidae (butterflyfishes)

Coryphaenidae (dolphinfishes)

Datnioididae

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)

Howellidae (oceanic basslets)

Inermiidae (bonnetmouths)

Kuhliidae (flagtails or aholeholes)

Kyphosidae (sea chubs)

Lactariidae (false trevallies)

Lateolabracidae

Latidae

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)

Symphysanodontidae

Terapontidae (grunters or tigerperches)

Toxotidae (archerfishes)

Superfamily Cirrhitoidea

Aplodactylidae (marblefishes)

Cheilodactylidae (morwongs)

Chironemidae (kelpfishes)

Cirrhitidae (hawkfishes)

Latridae (trumpeters)

Superfamily Cepoloidea

Cepolidae (bandfishes)

References

Percoidei Wikipedia

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