Order Perciformes (Noun)
Meaning
One of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The percow is an example of an older name for fish belonging to the order Perciformes in the class Actinopterygii.
- The Elopidae, often called tenpounders or ladyfish, are a family of fish consisting of eight species in one genus, found in tropical and subtropical waters of the world's oceans and the order Perciformes does not contain any eelopforms.
- The bennies or pomacentrids, comprising some species of marine fish of the family Pomacentridae, are a group of perciform fishes and is different enough to be put in a separate order Perciformes.
- Fish belonging to the order Perciformes constitutes several popular fish families which are favorites among aquarists and these include butterflyfish and groupers, wrasses, damselfish and pompanos, sea bass, angelfish, bream, grunts and swordfish.
- The major divisions within this diverse group however generally follows the classification to suborders that are characteristic to order Perciformes