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Taxon: Superfamily Percoidea Rafinesque, 1815 (fish)
Classification by:

Superphylum Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - deuterostomes see Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
Count: [**] 3p;8c;66o;519f;3514g;510s;2ss; ‡3s; †1p;8c;86o;266f;698g;38s
   Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
  Count: [**] 8c;66o;519f;3513g;510s;2ss; ‡3s; †7c;86o;265f;696g;38s
     Subphylum Craniata auct.
    Count: [**] 5c;62o;517f;3511g;510s;2ss; ‡3s; †7c;86o;265f;695g;38s
       Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
      Count: [**] 4c;61o;516f;3504g;505s;2ss; ‡3s; †7c;86o;265f;691g;36s
         Myopterygii Janvier, 1978 - myopterygians
        Count: [**] 3c;60o;513f;3494g;499s;2ss; ‡3s; †5c;74o;256f;651g;32s
           Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
          Count: [**] 3c;60o;513f;3494g;499s;2ss; ‡3s; †2c;65o;234f;595g;26s
             Grade Teleostomi Bonaparte, 1836 see Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
            Count: [**] 2c;46o;459f;3310g;450s;2ss; ‡3s; †1c;35o;155f;418g;24s
               Euteleostomi - bony vertebrates see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
              Count: [**] 2c;46o;459f;3310g;450s;2ss; ‡3s; †32o;145f;385g;22s
                 Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
                Count: [**] 44o;455f;3306g;446s;2ss; ‡3s; †28o;117f;334g;22s [5 Mar 2024]
                   Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                  Count: [**] 42o;452f;3298g;441s;2ss; ‡3s; †17o;86f;263g;19s [5 Mar 2024]
                     Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                    Count: [**] 40o;450f;3295g;436s;2ss; ‡3s; †10o;65f;234g;18s [5 Mar 2024]
                       Elopocephala Arratia, 1999 see Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996
                      Count: [**] 38o;445f;3273g;421s;2ss; ‡3s; †5o;49f;203g;18s [5 Mar 2024]
                         Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977 see Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                        Count: [**] 34o;421f;3153g;404s;2ss; ‡3s; †5o;47f;192g;18s [5 Mar 2024]
                           Subdivision Euteleostei Greenwood et al., 1966 [monophyletic?] see Cohort Euteleostei Greenwood et al., 1966
                          Count: [**] 28o;347f;2305g;324s;2ss; ‡1s; †2o;39f;130g;14s [5 Mar 2024]
                             Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969 - neoteleosts see Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                            Count: [**] 24o;335f;2217g;283s;1ss; ‡1s; †2o;38f;118g;10s [5 Mar 2024]
                               Eurypterygii Rosen, 1973 - eurypterygians see Infracohort Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973
                              Count: [**] 22o;329f;2160g;280s;1ss; ‡1s; †2o;38f;118g;10s [5 Mar 2024]
                                 Ctenosquamata - ctenosquamates see Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                                Count: [**] 21o;314f;2116g;271s;1ss; ‡1s; †2o;30f;94g;10s [5 Mar 2024]
                                   Acanthomorpha Rosen, 1973 - spiny-rayed fishes see Subsection Acanthomorphata Rosen, 1973
                                  Count: [**] 20o;312f;2091g;271s;1ss; ‡1s; †2o;30f;94g;10s [5 Mar 2024]
                                     Euacanthomorpha Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                    Count: [**] 19o;305f;2079g;261s;1ss; ‡1s; †2o;21f;85g;8s [5 Mar 2024]
                                       Holacanthopterygii Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                      Count: [**] 18o;304f;2078g;261s;1ss; ‡1s; †1o;21f;78g;8s [5 Mar 2024]
                                         Superorder Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969 see Division Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                                        Count: [**] 13o;268f;1865g;230s;1ss; †19f;65g;5s [5 Mar 2024]
                                           Series Percomorpha see Division Percomorphacea Wiley & Johnson, 2010
                                          Count: [**] 9o;246f;1655g;194s; †19f;64g;5s [5 Mar 2024]
                                             Order Perciformes Bleeker, 1859, sedis mutabilis - perches
                                            Count: [**] 161f;1101g;120s; †9f;39g;2s [28 Feb 2024]
                                               Suborder Percoidei Bleeker, 1859
                                              Count: [*] 79f;426g;60s; †5g [18 Feb 2024]
                                                 Superfamily Percoidea Rafinesque, 1815
                                                Count: [*] 73f;403g;58s; †5g [18 Feb 2024]
                                                   01 Family Centropomidae Poey, 1867 [monotypic] - snooks
                                                  Count: [*] 1g [12 Feb 2024]
                                                   02 Family Ambassidae Klunzinger, 1870 - Asiatic glassfishes
                                                  Count: [*] 8g;2s [12 Feb 2024]
                                                   03 Family Latidae Jordan, 1888 - giant perches
                                                  Count: [**] 2g;2s; †1g [12 Feb 2024]
                                                   04 Family Moronidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 - white basses
                                                  Count: [*] 3g [12 Feb 2024]
                                                   05 Family Percichthyidae Jordan & Eigenmann, 1890 - temperate basses
                                                  Count: [*] 12g;1s [12 Feb 2024]
                                                   06 Family Perciliidae Jordan, 1923 [monotypic] - southern basses
                                                  Count: [*] 1g;2s [12 Feb 2024]
                                                   07 Family Acropomatidae Gill, 1893 - lanternbellies
                                                  Count: [**] 8g; †1g [12 Feb 2024]
                                                   08 Family Symphysanodontidae Katayama, 1984 [monotypic] - slopefishes
                                                  Count: [*] 1g [12 Feb 2024]
                                                   09 Family Polyprionidae Bleeker, 1874 - wreckfishes
                                                  Count: [*] 2g [12 Feb 2024]
                                                   10 Family Serranidae Swainson, 1839 - sea basses
                                                  Count: [*] 63g;3s
                                                   11 Family Centrogeniidae nom. imperf. [monotypic] see Family Centrogenyidae Fowler, 1907
                                                  Count: [*] 1g;1s [13 Feb 2024]
                                                   12 Family Ostracoberycidae Fowler, 1934 [monotypic] - shellskin alfonsinos
                                                  Count: [*] 1g [13 Feb 2024]
                                                   13 Family Callanthiidae Ogilby, 1899 - splendid perches
                                                  Count: [*] 2g [13 Feb 2024]
                                                   14.1 Family Pseudochromidae Müller & Troschel, 1849 - dottybacks
                                                  Count: [*] 20g;1s [13 Feb 2024]
                                                   14.2 Family Grammatidae Jordan, 1887 - gramma basslets
                                                  Count: [*] 2g [13 Feb 2024]
                                                   14.3 Family Plesiopidae Günther, 1861 - roundheads
                                                  Count: [*] 11g;1s [13 Feb 2024]
                                                   14.4 Family Notograptidae [monotypic] see Subfamily Acanthoclininae Günther, 1861
                                                  Count: [*] 1g [13 Feb 2024]
                                                   14.5 Family Opistognathidae Bonaparte, 1835 - jawfishes
                                                  Count: [*] 3g [13 Feb 2024]
                                                   15 Family Dinopercidae Heemstra & Hecht, 1986 - cavebasses
                                                  Count: [*] 2g;2s [13 Feb 2024]
                                                   16 Family Banjosidae Jordan & Thompson, 1912 [monotypic] - banjofishes
                                                  Count: [*] 1g;1s [13 Feb 2024]
                                                   17 Family Centrarchidae Bleeker, 1859 - sunfishes and freshwater basses
                                                  Count: [**] 8g;2s; †1g [13 Feb 2024]
                                                   18.1? Genus †Mioplosus Cope, 1877
                                                  Count: -
                                                   18.2 Family Percidae Rafinesque, 1815 - perches and darters
                                                  Count: [*] 10g;6s [14 Feb 2024]
                                                   19 Family Priacanthidae Günther, 1859 - bigeyes
                                                  Count: [*] 4g [14 Feb 2024]
                                                   20 Family Apogonidae Günther, 1859 - cardinalfishes
                                                  Count: [*] 19g;1s
                                                   21 Family Epigonidae Poey, 1861 - deepwater cardinalfishes
                                                  Count: [*] 6g [14 Feb 2024]
                                                   22 Family Sillaginidae Richardson, 1846 - sillagos
                                                  Count: [*] 3g [14 Feb 2024]
                                                   23 Family Malacanthidae Poey, 1861 - tilefishes
                                                  Count: [*] 5g [15 Feb 2024]
                                                   24 Family Lactariidae Boulenger, 1904 [monotypic] - false trevallies
                                                  Count: [*] 1g;1s [15 Feb 2024]
                                                   25 Family Dinolestidae Whitley, 1948 [monotypic] - longfinned pikes
                                                  Count: [*] 1g;1s [15 Feb 2024]
                                                   26 Family Scombropidae Gill, 1862 [monotypic] - gnomefishes
                                                  Count: [*] 1g;1s [15 Feb 2024]
                                                   27 Family Pomatomidae Gill, 1863 [monotypic] - bluefishes
                                                  Count: [*] 1g;1s [15 Feb 2024]
                                                   28 carangoid lineage see Order Carangiformes Jordan, 1923
                                                  Count: [*] 5f [15 Feb 2024]
                                                   29 Family Menidae Fitzinger, 1873 [monotypic] - moonfishes
                                                  Count: [*] 1g;1s [15 Feb 2024]
                                                   30 Family Leiognathidae Gill, 1893 - ponyfishes
                                                  Count: [*] 3g [15 Feb 2024]
                                                   31 Family Bramidae Bonaparte, 1831 - pomfrets
                                                  Count: [**] 7g;1s; †1g [15 Feb 2024]
                                                   32 Family Caristiidae Gill & Smith, 1905 - manefishes
                                                  Count: [*] 2g [15 Feb 2024]
                                                   33 Family Emmelichthyidae Poey, 1867 - rovers
                                                  Count: [*] 3g [15 Feb 2024]
                                                   34 Family Lutjanidae Gill, 1861 - snappers
                                                  Count: [*] 17g;3s [15 Feb 2024]
                                                   35 Family Caesionidae - fusiliers see Subfamily Lutjaninae Gill, 1861
                                                  Count: [*] 4g [15 Feb 2024]
                                                   36 Family Lobotidae Gill, 1861 - tripletails and tigerperches
                                                  Count: [*] 2g [15 Feb 2024]
                                                   37 Family Gerreidae Bleeker, 1859 - mojarras
                                                  Count: [*] 8g;3s [15 Feb 2024]
                                                   38 Family Haemulidae Gill, 1885 - grunts
                                                  Count: [*] 13g;1s
                                                   39 Family Inermiidae - bonnetmouths see Subfamily Haemulinae Gill, 1885
                                                  Count: [*] 2g [16 Feb 2024]
                                                   40 sparoid lineage see Order Spariformes
                                                  Count: [*] 4f;25g;1s [16 Feb 2024]
                                                   41 Family Polynemidae Rafinesque, 1815 - threadfins
                                                  Count: [*] 8g;1s [16 Feb 2024]
                                                   42 Family Sciaenidae Cuvier, 1829 - croakers and drums
                                                  Count: [*] 26g;2s
                                                   43 Family Mullidae Rafinesque, 1815 - goatfishes
                                                  Count: [*] 6g [17 Feb 2024]
                                                   44 Family Pempheridae Bleeker, 1859 - sweepers
                                                  Count: [*] 2g;1s [17 Feb 2024]
                                                   45 Family Glaucosomatidae Jordan & Thompson, 1911 [monotypic] - pearl perches
                                                  Count: [*] 1g [17 Feb 2024]
                                                   46 Family Leptobramidae Ogilby, 1913 [monotypic] - beachsalmons
                                                  Count: [*] 1g;1s [17 Feb 2024]
                                                   47 Family Bathyclupeidae Gill, 1896 [monotypic] - deepsea herrings
                                                  Count: [*] 1g [17 Feb 2024]
                                                   48 Family Monodactylidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 - moonies
                                                  Count: [*] 2g [17 Feb 2024]
                                                   49 Family Toxotidae Bleeker, 1859 [monotypic] - archerfishes
                                                  Count: [*] 1g;2s [17 Feb 2024]
                                                   50 Family Arripidae Gill, 1893 [monotypic] - Australian salmons
                                                  Count: [*] 1g [17 Feb 2024]
                                                   51 Family Dichistiidae Smith, 1935 [monotypic] - galjoens
                                                  Count: [*] 1g [17 Feb 2024]
                                                   52 Family Kyphosidae Jordan, 1887 - sea chubs
                                                  Count: [*] 16g;3s [18 Feb 2024]
                                                   53 Family Drepaneidae Gill, 1872 [monotypic] - sicklefishes
                                                  Count: [*] 1g [18 Feb 2024]
                                                   54 Family Chaetodontidae Rafinesque, 1815 - butterflyfishes
                                                  Count: [*] 8g
                                                   55 Family Pomacanthidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 - angelfishes
                                                  Count: [*] 8g [18 Feb 2024]
                                                   56 Family Enoplosidae Gill, 1893 [monotypic] - oldwives
                                                  Count: [*] 1g;1s [18 Feb 2024]
                                                   57 Family Pentacerotidae Bleeker, 1859 - armorheads
                                                  Count: [*] 7g [18 Feb 2024]
                                                   58 Family Nandidae Bleeker, 1852 - Asian leaffishes
                                                  Count: [*] 4g;2s [18 Feb 2024]
                                                   59 Family Polycentridae Gill, 1858 - leaffishes
                                                  Count: [*] 4g;4s [18 Feb 2024]
                                                   60 Family Terapontidae Richardson, 1842 - grunters
                                                  Count: [*] 11g
                                                   61 Family Kuhliidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 [monotypic] - flagtails
                                                  Count: [*] 1g;2s [18 Feb 2024]
                                                   62 Family Oplegnathidae Bleeker, 1853 [monotypic] - knifejaws
                                                  Count: [*] 1g [18 Feb 2024]

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