Percoidei

Percoidei

Percoidei

Suborder of fishes


Percoidei is one of 3 suborders of bony fishes in the order Perciformes.[1] Many commercially harvested fish species are considered to be contained in this suborder, including the snappers, groupers, basses, goatfishes and perches.

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Labrax schizurus from the Eocene of Italy

Divisions

The Percoidei are further divided into three superfamilies which contain over 50 families and hundreds of genera.[1]


References

  1. J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 430–467. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.

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