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Taxon: Suborder Percoidei Bleeker, 1859 (fish)
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Fishes
   Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
     Order Perciformes Bleeker, 1859 - perches
       Suborder Percoidei Bleeker, 1859
         01 Family Centropomidae Poey, 1867 - snooks
         02 Family Ambassidae Klunzinger, 1870 - Asiatic glassfishes
         03 Family Percichthyidae Jordan & Eigenmann, 1890 - temperate basses
         04 Family Acropomatidae Gill, 1893 - lanternbellies
         05 Family Moronidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 - white basses
         06 Family Polyprionidae Bleeker, 1874 - wreckfishes
         07 Family Dinopercidae Heemstra & Hecht, 1986 - cavebasses
         08 Family Serranidae Swainson, 1839 - sea basses
         09 Family Ostracoberycidae Fowler, 1934 - shellskin alfonsinos
         10 Family Symphysanodontidae Katayama, 1984 - slopefishes
         11 Family Centrogeniidae nom. imperf. see Family Centrogenyidae Fowler, 1907
         12 Family Pseudochromidae Müller & Troschel, 1849 - dottybacks
         13 Family Grammatidae Jordan, 1887 - gramma basslets
         14 Family Callanthiidae Ogilby, 1899 - splendid perches
         15 Family Plesiopidae Günther, 1861 - roundheads
         16 Family Notograptidae see Subfamily Acanthoclininae Günther, 1861
         17 Family Opistognathidae Bonaparte, 1835 - jawfishes
         18 Family Terapontidae Richardson, 1842 - grunters
         19 Family Banjosidae Jordan & Thompson, 1912 - banjofishes
         20 Family Kuhliidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 - flagtails
         21 Family Centrarchidae Bleeker, 1859 - sunfishes and freshwater basses
         22 Family Percidae Rafinesque, 1815 - perches and darters
         23 Family Priacanthidae Günther, 1859 - bigeyes
         24 Family Apogonidae Günther, 1859 - cardinalfishes
         25 Family Epigonidae Poey, 1861 - deepwater cardinalfishes
         26 Family Dinolestidae Whitley, 1948 - longfinned pikes
         27 Family Sillaginidae Richardson, 1846 - sillagos
         28 Family Malacanthidae Poey, 1861 - tilefishes
         29 Family Lactariidae Boulenger, 1904 - false trevallies
         30 Family Scombropidae Gill, 1862 - gnomefishes
         31 Family Pomatomidae Gill, 1863 - bluefishes
         32 Family Rachycentridae Gill, 1896 - cobias
         33 Family Echeneidae Rafinesque, 1810 - remoras and sharksuckers
         34 Family Carangidae Rafinesque, 1815 - jacks
         35 Family Nematistiidae Gill, 1862 - roosterfishes
         36 Family Coryphaenidae Rafinesque, 1815 - dolphinfishes
         37 Family Menidae Fitzinger, 1873 - moonfishes
         38 Family Leiognathidae Gill, 1893 - ponyfishes
         39 Family Bramidae Bonaparte, 1831 - pomfrets
         40 Family Caristiidae Gill & Smith, 1905 - manefishes
         41 Family Arripidae Gill, 1893 - Australian salmons
         42 Family Emmelichthyidae Poey, 1867 - rovers
         43 Family Lutjanidae Gill, 1861 - snappers
         44 Family Caesionidae - fusiliers see Subfamily Lutjaninae Gill, 1861
         45 Family Lobotidae Gill, 1861 - tripletails and tigerperches
         46 Family Coiidae - tigerperches see Family Datnioididae Fowler, 1931
         47 Family Gerreidae Bleeker, 1859 - mojarras
         48 Family Haemulidae Gill, 1885 - grunts
         49 Family Inermiidae - bonnetmouths see Subfamily Haemulinae Gill, 1885
         50 Family Sparidae Rafinesque, 1818 - porgys and seabreams
         51 Family Centracanthidae Fowler, 1925 (1829) see Family Sparidae Rafinesque, 1818
         52 Family Lethrinidae Bonaparte, 1831 - emperor snappers
         53 Family Nemipteridae Regan, 1913 - threadfin breams and spinycheeks
         54 Family Sciaenidae Cuvier, 1829 - croakers and drums
         55 Family Polynemidae Rafinesque, 1815 - threadfins
         56 Family Mullidae Rafinesque, 1815 - goatfishes
         57 Family Pempheridae Bleeker, 1859 - sweepers
         58 Family Glaucosomatidae Jordan & Thompson, 1911 - pearl perches
         59 Family Leptobramidae Ogilby, 1913 - beachsalmons
         60 Family Bathyclupeidae Gill, 1896 - deepsea herrings
         61 Family Toxotidae Bleeker, 1859 - archerfishes
         62 Family Dichistiidae Smith, 1935 - galjoens
         63 Family Kyphosidae Jordan, 1887 - sea chubs
         64 Family Parascorpididae Smith, 1949 - jutjaws
         65 Family Drepanidae - sicklefishes see Family Drepaneidae Gill, 1872
         66 Family Monodactylidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 - moonies
         67 Family Chaetodontidae Rafinesque, 1815 - butterflyfishes
         68 Family Pomacanthidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 - angelfishes
         69 Family Enoplosidae Gill, 1893 - oldwives
         70 Family Pentacerotidae Bleeker, 1859 - armorheads
         71 Family Nandidae Bleeker, 1852 - Asian leaffishes
         72 Family Oplegnathidae Bleeker, 1853 - knifejaws
         73 Family Cirrhitidae Macleay, 1841 - hawkfishes
         74 Family Chironemidae Gill, 1862 - kelpfishes
         75 Family Aplodactylidae Günther, 1859 - marblefishes
         76 Family Cheilodactylidae Bonaparte, 1850 - fingerfins
         77 Family Latridae Gill, 1862 - trumpeters
         78 Family Cepolidae Rafinesque, 1815 - bandfishes

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