order percomorphi
Noun
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One of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches;
Basses;
Tuna (synset 102555827)is a type of: animal order - the order of animalsmember holonym:- percoidea, suborder percoidea - in some classifications nearly or exactly equivalent to the Perciformes which are considered a suborder
- percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
- perch - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes
- anabantidae, family anabantidae - small freshwater spiny-finned fishes of Africa and southern Asia
- family percidae, percidae - active freshwater fishes; true perches and pike perches
- family trichodontidae, trichodontidae - two species of elongate compressed scaleless large-eyed fishes that live in sand or mud
- family ophidiidae, ophidiidae - eellike marine fishes
- brotulidae, family brotulidae - chiefly deep-sea fishes related to the Ophidiidae
- carapidae, family carapidae - pearlfishes: related to the Brotulidae
- centropomidae, family centropomidae - a family of fish or the order Perciformes including robalos
- esocidae, family esocidae - pikes; pickerels; muskellunges
- centrarchidae, family centrarchidae - sunfish family
- bream, freshwater bream - any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis
- family serranidae, serranidae - marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish
- embiotocidae, family embiotocidae - viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes
- family priacanthidae, priacanthidae - small carnivorous percoid fishes found worldwide in tropical seas
- apogonidae, family apogonidae - bright-colored marine fishes that incubate eggs in the mouth
- family malacanthidae, malacanthidae - short-headed marine fishes; often brightly colored
- family pomatomidae, pomatomidae - food and game fishes related to pompanos
- family rachycentridae, rachycentridae - family of pelagic fishes containing solely the cobia
- carangidae, family carangidae - large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas
- coryphaenidae, family coryphaenidae - large active pelagic percoid fish
- bramidae, family bramidae - deep-bodied percoid fishes of the open seas
- branchiostegidae, family branchiostegidae - small family of marine fishes having covered gills
- cichlidae, family cichlidae - cichlids
- family lutjanidae, lutjanidae - snappers
- family haemulidae, haemulidae - grunts
- family sparidae, sparidae - porgies; scups
- bream, sea bream - any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae
- family sciaenidae, sciaenidae - warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout
- family mullidae, mullidae - goatfishes or red mullets
- mugiloidea, suborder mugiloidea - fishes distinguished by abdominal pelvic fins: families Mugilidae; Atherinidae; Sphyraenidae
- family kyphosidae, kyphosidae - sea chubs
- ephippidae, family ephippidae - small family comprising the spadefishes
- chaetodontidae, family chaetodontidae - butterfly fishes
- family pomacentridae, pomacentridae - damselfishes
- family labridae, labridae - wrasses
- family scaridae, scaridae - parrotfishes
- family polynemidae, polynemidae - threadfins
- family opisthognathidae, opisthognathidae - jawfishes
- family uranoscopidae, uranoscopidae - stargazers
- blennioidea, suborder blennioidea - blennies; butterfishes; gunnels
- ammodytidae, family ammodytidae - sand lances
- callionymidae, family callionymidae - dragonets
- family gobiidae, gobiidae - gobies
- eleotridae, family eleotridae - sleepers
- family percophidae, percophidae - percoid flatheads
- family toxotidae, toxotidae - archerfishes
- family microdesmidae, microdesmidae - worm fish
- acanthuridae, family acanthuridae - surgeonfishes
- family gempylidae, gempylidae - snake mackerels
- family trichiuridae, trichiuridae - cutlassfishes
- scombroidea, suborder scombroidea - mackerels; tunas; albacores; bonitos; swordfishes; sailfishes
- family stromateidae, stromateidae - butterfishes: harvest fishes; dollar fishes
- family gobiesocidae, gobiesocidae - clingfishes
- family lobotidae, lobotidae - tripletails
- family gerreidae, family gerridae, gerreidae, gerridae - mojarras
belongs to: acanthopterygii, superorder acanthopterygii - teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays
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