Jump to content

Percoidei

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is an old revision of this page, as edited by JustAGal (talk | contribs) at 15:07, 25 January 2013 (Disambiguated: snookCentropomidae, bonnetmouthInermiidae, moonfishMene, leaffishNandidae, catalufaPriacanthidae). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Percoidei
Girella fimbriata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Suborder:
Percoidei
Superfamily

Percoidea

Cirrhitoidea

Cepoloidea

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

Divisions

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