Perciformes
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Perciformes are the largest order of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means "perch-like". They belong to the class of ray-finned fish, and comprise over 10,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments.
The order contains about 160 families, which is the most of any order within the vertebrates. It is also the most variably sized order of vertebrates, ranging from the 7-mm (1/4-in) Schindleria brevipinguis to the marlins in the Makaira species and the heaviest of bony fish, Mola mola. They first appeared and diversified in the Late Cretaceous. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry Get back to Actinopterygii | |||
Anemonefish | Archerfish | Armorheads | Asian Seaperches |
Barracuda | Butterflyfish | Basslet | Cardinalfishes |
Cichlid | Cutlassfishes | Damselfish | Dolphinfishes |
Dragonets | Drums | Foxface rabbitfish | Gobies |
Jacks & Pompanos | Hawkfishes | Knifejaws | Labyrinth fishes |
Lates perches | Longfins | Marine angelfish | Marlin & kins |
Oldwife | Oriental perches | Parrotfish | Perches |
Remora | Sea basses | Sea breams | Sea wolves & kins |
Smelt-whitings | Snakeheads | Snappers | Sunfishes |
Surgeonfishes | Swordfish | Temperate basses | Temperate perches |
Tunas & kins | Wrasses |