order Percomorphi


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Noun1.order Percomorphi - one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna
animal order - the order of animals
Acanthopterygii, superorder Acanthopterygii - teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays
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
freshwater bream, 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
family Sparidae, Sparidae - porgies; scups
sea bream, 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
Ephippidae, family Ephippidae - small family comprising the spadefishes
family Scaridae, Scaridae - parrotfishes
Blennioidea, suborder Blennioidea - blennies; butterfishes; gunnels
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