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Translingual
Etymology
Perca + -iformes
Proper noun
Perciformes
- A taxonomic order within the class Actinopterygii – about 7,000 species of ray-finned fish.
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Hyponyms
- (order): Percoidei, Labroidei, Zoarcoidei, Notothenioidei, Trachinoidei, Blennioidei, Icosteoidei, Gobiesocoidei, Callionymoidei, Gobioidei, Kurtoidei, Acanthuroidei, Scombrolabracoidei, Scombroidei, Stromateoidei, Anabantoidei, Channoidei – suborders
- Abyssocottidae, Agonidae, Anarhichadidae, Anoplopomatidae, Apistidae, Aploactinidae, Artedidraconidae, Aulorhynchidae, Bathydraconidae, Bathylutichthyidae, Bathymasteridae, Bembridae, Bembropidae, Bovichtidae, Channichthyidae, Comephoridae, Congiopodidae, Cottidae, Cottocomephoridae, Cryptacanthodidae, Cyclopteridae, Eleginopsidae, Ereuniidae, Eschmeyeridae, Gasterosteidae, Gnathanacanthidae, Harpagiferidae, Hemitripteridae, Hexagrammidae, Hoplichthyidae, Hypoptychidae, Liparidae, Neosebastidae, Niphonidae, Normanichthyidae, Nototheniidae, Parabembridae, Pataecidae, Percidae, Peristediidae, Perryenidae, Pholidae, Platycephalidae, Plectrogeniidae, Pseudaphritidae, Ptilichthyidae, Rhamphocottidae, Scorpaenidae, Scytalinidae, Sebastidae, Serranidae, Setarchidae, Stichaeidae, Synanceiidae, Tetrarogidae, Trachinidae, Trichodontidae, Triglidae, Zanclorhynchidae, Zaproridae, Zoarcidae – families
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