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Webster 1913 Edition
Perciformes
‖
Perˊci-for′mes
,Noun.
pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
An extensive order of fishes, including the true perches (
Percidæ
); the pondfishes (Centrarchidæ
); the sciænoids (Sciænidæ
); the sparoids (Sparidæ
); the serranoids (Serranidæ
), and some other related families. Definition 2024
Perciformes
Perciformes
See also: perciformes
Translingual
Proper noun
Perciformes
Synonyms
- (order): Percomorphi, Acanthopteri
Hypernyms
- (order): Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass; Actinopterygii - class; Neopterygii - subclass; Teleostei - infraclass; Acanthopterygii - superorder
Hyponyms
- (order): Percoidei, Elassomatoidei, Labroidei, Zoarcoidei, Notothenioidei, Trachinoidei, Blennioidei, Icosteoidei, Gobiesocoidei, Callionymoidei, Gobioidei, Kurtoidei, Acanthuroidei, Scombrolabracoidei, Scombroidei, Stromateoidei, Anabantoidei, Channoidei - suborders
References
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521