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Perciformes

Perciformes Meaning & Definition
Perciformes Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Perciformes?

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Synonyms | Synonyms for Perciformes: order Perciformes | order Percomorphi | Percomorphi

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See Also | Acanthopterygii | Ammodytidae | animal order | Apogonidae | Blennioidea | Bramidae | Branchiostegidae | bream | Brotulidae | Callionymidae | Carangidae | Carapidae | Centrarchidae | Centropomidae | Chaetodontidae | Cichlidae | Coryphaenidae | Eleotridae | Embiotocidae | Ephippidae | Esocidae | family Ammodytidae | family Apogonidae | family Bramidae | family Branchiostegidae | family Brotulidae | family Callionymidae | family Carangidae | family Carapidae | family Centrarchidae | family Centropomidae | family Chaetodontidae | family Cichlidae | family Coryphaenidae | family Eleotridae | family Embiotocidae | family Ephippidae | family Esocidae | family Gobiidae | family Haemulidae | family Kyphosidae | family Labridae | family Lutjanidae | family Malacanthidae | family Mullidae | family Ophidiidae | family Opisthognathidae | family Percidae | family Percophidae | family Polynemidae | family Pomacentridae | family Pomatomidae | family Priacanthidae | family Rachycentridae | family Scaridae | family Sciaenidae | family Serranidae | family Sparidae | family Toxotidae | family Trichodontidae | family Uranoscopidae | freshwater bream | Gobiidae | Haemulidae | Kyphosidae | Labridae | Lutjanidae | Malacanthidae | Mugiloidea | Mullidae | Ophidiidae | Opisthognathidae | perch | Percidae | percoid | percoid fish | Percoidea | percoidean | Percophidae | Polynemidae | Pomacentridae | Pomatomidae | Priacanthidae | Rachycentridae | Scaridae | Sciaenidae | sea bream | Serranidae | Sparidae | suborder Blennioidea | suborder Mugiloidea | suborder Percoidea | superorder Acanthopterygii | Toxotidae | Trichodontidae | Uranoscopidae

Perciformes In Webster's Dictionary

\Per`ci*for"mes\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) An extensive tribe or suborder of fishes, including the true perches ({Percid[ae]}); the pondfishes ({Centrarchid[ae]}); the sci[ae]noids ({Sci[ae]nid[ae]}); the sparoids ({Sparid[ae]}); the serranoids ({Serranid[ae]}), and some other related families.

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