Percoidei | |
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Girella fimbriata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Suborder: | Percoidei |
Superfamily | |
Percoidea
Cirrhitoidea
Cepoloidea
Percoidei is one of 18 suborders of bony fishes in the order Perciformes. Many commercially harvested fish species are contained in this suborder, including the snappers, jacks, whitings, groupers, basses, perches, and porgies.
The Percoidei are further divided into three superfamilies which contain over 50 families and hundreds of genera.