Percoidea is a superfamily of

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of the

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Perciformes Perciformes (), also called the Percomorpha or Acanthopteri, is an order or superorder of ray-finned fish. If considered a single order, they are the most numerous order of vertebrates, containing about 41% of all bony fish. Perciformes means ...

. The superfamily includes about 3,374 species.

Classification

The Percoidesa are classified in the 5th Edition of the ''

Fishes of the World ''Fishes of the World'' by the American Ichthyology, ichthyologist Joseph S. Nelson (1937–2011) is a standard reference for fish systematics. Now in its fifth edition (2016), the work is a comprehensive overview of the diversity and classificat ...

'' as follows: * Percoidea **

Centropomidae ''Centropomus'' is a genus of predominantly marine fish comprising the family Centropomidae. The type species is '' Centropomus undecimalis'', the common snook. Commonly known as snooks or ''róbalos'', the ''Centropomus'' species are native to ...

(Snooks) **

Latidae The Latidae, known as the lates perches, are a family of perch-like fish found in Africa, Asia, and the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. Including about 13 species, the family, previously classified subfamily Latinae in family Centropomidae, ...

(Lates) ** Gerreidae (Mojarras) ** Centrogenyidae (False scorpionfishes) ** Perciliidae (Southern basses) ** Howellidae (Oceanic basslets) ** Acropomatidae (Lanternbellies) **

Epigonidae Epigonidae, the deepwater cardinalfishes, are a family of perciform fishes. The family includes about 43 species. They are small fishes: the largest, '' Epigonus telescopus'', reaches in length, and most grow to no more than or so. They are f ...

(Deepwater cardinalfishes) **

Polyprionidae The wreckfish are a family, Polyprionidae in the suborder Percoidei of the order Perciformes. They are deep-water marine fish and can be found on the ocean bottom, where they inhabit caves and shipwrecks (thus their common name). Their scient ...

(Wreckfishes) **

Lateolabracidae ''Lateolabrax'' is a genus of commercially Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions directly and indirectly related to the exchange (buying and selling) of goods and services among two ...

(Asian seaperches) ** Mullidae (Goatfishes) ** Glaucosomatidae (Pearl perches) ** Pempheridae (Sweepers) ** Oplegnathidae (Knifejaws) ** Kuhliidae (Flagtails) ** Leptobramidae (Beachsalmon) **

Bathyclupeidae Bathyclupeidae is a family of Perciformes, called deep sea herrings. They are marine fishes found in tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean. They grow up to about 20 cm long. Timeline ImageSi ...

(Bathyclupeids) **

Polynemidae Threadfins are silvery grey perciform fish of the family Polynemidae. Found in tropical to subtropical waters throughout the world, the threadfin family contains eight genera and about 40 species. An unrelated species sometimes known by the n ...

(Threadfins) ** Toxotidae (Archerfishes) ** Arripidae (Australasian salmon (kahawai)) ** Dichistiidae (Galjoen fishes) ** Kyphosidae (Sea chubs) **

Terapontidae Grunters or tigerperches are ray-finned fishes in the family Terapontidae (also spelled Teraponidae, Theraponidae or Therapontidae). This family is part of the superfamily Percoidea of the order Perciformes. Characteristics The Terapontidae is ...

(grunters or tigerperches) ** Percichthyidae (temperate perches) ** Sinipercidae (Chinese perches) ** Enoplosidae (Oldwives) **

Pentacerotidae Pentacerotidae or armourheads are a small family of fishes in the order Perciformes. They are native to the Indian Ocean, western and central Pacific, and southwestern Atlantic. They are generally found at rocky reefs below normal scuba diving d ...

(Armourheads) ** Dinopercidae (Cavebasses) ** Banjosiidae (Banjofishes) **

Centrarchidae Centrarchidae, better known as sunfishes, is a family of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the order Perciformes (formerly belonging to the deprecated order Centrarchiformes), native only to North America. There are eight universally in ...

(Sunfishes) **

Serranidae The Serranidae are a large family of fishes belonging to the order Perciformes. The family contains about 450 species in 65 genera, including the sea basses and the groupers (subfamily Epinephelinae). Although many species are small, in some c ...

(Sea basses) **

Percidae The Percidae are a family of ray-finned fish, part of the order Perciformes, which are found in fresh and brackish waters of the Northern Hemisphere. The majority are Nearctic, but there are also Palearctic species. The family contains more than ...

(Perches) ** Lactariidae (False trevallies) ** Dinolestidae (Long-finned pikes) ** Scombropidae (Gnomefishes) ** Pomatomidae (Bluefishes) **

Bramidae Pomfrets are perciform fishes belonging to the family Bramidae. The family currently includes 20 species across seven genera. Several species are important food sources for humans, especially ''Brama brama'' in South Asia. The earlier form of t ...

(Pomfrets) ** Caristiidae (Manefishes)

References

Vertebrate superfamilies Percoidei {{Percoidea-stub