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Order Summary for Perciformes
Main Ref.:	Nelson, J.S., 1994
Order:	Perciformes    perch-likes
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Sister Order:	Pleuronectiformes     15 M years
Ref.:	Carroll, R., 1988     Helfman, G., B. Collette and D. Facey, 1997
First fossil record:	late Tertiary       middle Miocene
Occurs in:	Marine      Freshwater      Brackish
Remarks:	Largest order of fishes. Most families in many suborders are not currently definable in terms of shared derived characters and thus may not be monophyletic. Most perciforms are marine shore fishes, while about 2,000 species (e.g. cichlids) normally occur only in freshwater, and about 2,200 species occur in freshwater for at least part of their life history.
Class etymology:	Greek aktis = ray, thunderbolt, beam + Greek pterygion, diminutive of pteryx = wing, fin. Ref. 45335.
Order etymology:	Greek, perke = perch + Latin, forma = shape. Ref. 45335.
Families:	156 Acanthuridae , Acropomatidae , Amarsipidae , Ambassidae , Ammodytidae , Anabantidae , Anarhichadidae , Aplodactylidae , Apogonidae , Ariommatidae , Arripidae , Artedidraconidae , Badidae , Banjosidae , Bathyclupeidae , Bathydraconidae , Bathymasteridae , Blenniidae , Bovichtidae , Bramidae , Caesionidae , Callanthiidae , Callionymidae , Caproidae , Carangidae , Caristiidae , Centracanthidae , Centrarchidae , Centrogenyidae , Centrolophidae , Centropomidae , Cepolidae , Chaenopsidae , Chaetodontidae , Champsodontidae , Channichthyidae , Channidae , Cheilodactylidae , Cheimarrichthyidae , Chiasmodontidae , Chironemidae , Cichlidae , Cirrhitidae , Clinidae , Coryphaenidae , Creediidae , Cryptacanthodidae , Dactyloscopidae , Datnioididae , Dichistiidae , Dinolestidae , Dinopercidae , Draconettidae , Drepaneidae , Echeneidae , Elassomatidae , Eleginopsidae , Eleotridae , Embiotocidae , Emmelichthyidae , Enoplosidae , Ephippidae , Epigonidae , Gempylidae , Gerreidae , Glaucosomatidae , Gobiidae , Grammatidae , Haemulidae , Hapalogenyidae , Harpagiferidae , Helostomatidae , Howellidae , Icosteidae , Inermiidae , Istiophoridae , Kraemeriidae , Kuhliidae , Kurtidae , Kyphosidae , Labridae , Labrisomidae , Lactariidae , Lateolabracidae , Latidae , Latridae , Leiognathidae , Leptobramidae , Leptoscopidae , Lethrinidae , Lobotidae , Lutjanidae , Luvaridae , Malacanthidae , Menidae , Microdesmidae , Monodactylidae , Moronidae , Mullidae , Nandidae , Nematistiidae , Nemipteridae , Nomeidae , Nototheniidae , Odacidae , Odontobutidae , Opistognathidae , Oplegnathidae , Osphronemidae , Ostracoberycidae , Parascorpididae , Pempheridae , Pentacerotidae , Percichthyidae , Percidae , Perciliidae , Percophidae , Pholidae , Pholidichthyidae , Pinguipedidae , Plesiopidae , Polycentridae , Polynemidae , Polyprionidae , Pomacanthidae , Pomacentridae , Pomatomidae , Priacanthidae , Pseudaphritidae , Pseudochromidae , Ptereleotridae , Ptilichthyidae , Rachycentridae , Rhyacichthyidae , Scaridae , Scatophagidae , Schindleriidae , Sciaenidae , Scombridae , Scombrolabracidae , Scombropidae , Scytalinidae , Serranidae , Siganidae , Sillaginidae , Sparidae , Sphyraenidae , Stichaeidae , Stromateidae , Symphysanodontidae , Terapontidae , Tetragonuridae , Toxotidae , Trachinidae , Trichiuridae , Trichodontidae , Trichonotidae , Tripterygiidae , Uranoscopidae , Xenisthmidae , Xiphiidae , Zanclidae , Zaproridae , Zoarcidae

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