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Perciformes 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 167640

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Order  
  Synonym(s): Channiformes
 
  Common Name(s): perch-like fishes [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
    Direct Children:  
                               Suborder Acanthuroidei  – surgeonfishes 
                               Suborder Anabantoidei  – labyrinthfishes 
                               Suborder Blennioidei  – blennies, blennidés 
                               Suborder Callionymoidei  – dragonets 
                               Suborder Channoidei   
                               Suborder Elassomatoidei   
                               Suborder Gobiesocoidei   
                               Suborder Gobioidei  – gobies, gobies 
                               Suborder Icosteoidei   
                               Suborder Kurtoidei  – forehead brooders 
                               Suborder Labroidei  – parrotfishes, rainbowfishes, wrasses, labres, poissons-perroquets 
                               Suborder Notothenioidei  – Antarctic blennies 
                               Suborder Percoidei   
                               Suborder Scombroidei  – ribbonfishes, albacores, bonitos, mackerels, tunas, bonites, germons, maquereaux, thons 
                               Suborder Stromateoidei  – butterfishes, harvestfishes 
                               Suborder Trachinoidei  – stargazers, weevers, lottes, vives 
                               Suborder Xiphioidei  – espadons, voiliers, billfishes, swordfishses, sailfishses, marlins, spearfishes 
                               Suborder Zoarcoidei  – zoarcoids 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Bruce B. Collette  
  Notes: Senior Scientist, National Systematics Laboratory, National Marine Fisheries Service; Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Perciformes    
       
  Expert: Wayne C. Starnes  
  Notes: Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA   
  Reference for: Perciformes    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Perciformes   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Perciformes   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.  
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Perciformes   
       

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