Suborder Percoidei

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Order Perciformes (perch-like fishes and perchlike fishes)
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  Suborder Percoidei
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  Family Acanthoclinidae
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  Family Acropomatidae (lanterbellies and lanternbellies)
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  Family Anisochromidae
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  Family Aplodactylidae
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  Family Apogonidae (cardinalfishes)
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  Family Apolectidae
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  Family Arripididae (jewfishes)
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  Family Banjosidae
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  Family Bathyclupeidae (deepsea herrings)
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  Family Bramidae (pomfrets)
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  Family Callanthiidae
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  Family Carangidae (jacks and pompanos)
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  Family Caristiidae (manefishes)
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  Family Centracanthidae
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  Family Centrarchidae (sunfish and sunfishes)
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  Family Centropomidae (snooks)
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  Family Cepolidae (red bandfishes)
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  Family Chaetodontidae (butterflyfishes)
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  Family Chandidae (Asiatic glassfishes)
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  Family Cheilodactylidae (jackassfishes and morwongs)
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  Family Chironemidae (kelpfishes)
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  Family Cirrhitidae (hawkfishes)
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  Family Coracinidae (galjoen fishes)
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  Family Coryphaenidae (dolphins and dorados)
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  Family Dinolestidae
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  Family Dinopercidae
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  Family Drepanidae
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  Family Echeneidae (remoras and sharksuckers)
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  Family Emmelichthyidae (bonnetmouths)
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  Family Enoplosidae
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  Family Ephippididae (batfishes and spadefishes)
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  Family Epigonidae
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  Family Gadopsidae (river blackfishes)
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  Family Gerreidae (mojarras)
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  Family Glaucosomatidae
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  Family Grammatidae
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  Family Grammidae (fairy basslets)
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  Family Grammistidae (soapfishes)
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  Family Gregoryinidae
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  Family Haemulidae (grunts)
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  Family Inermiidae
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  Family Kuhliidae (aholeholes, flagtails, and mountain basses)
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  Family Kyphosidae (pilotfishes, rudderfishes, and sea chubs)
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  Family Labracoglossidae
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  Family Lactariidae (milkfishes)
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  Family Latrididae (trumpeters)
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  Family Leiognathidae (ponyfishes)
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  Family Leptobramidae
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  Family Lethrinidae (porgies, rudderfishes, and scavengers)
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  Family Lobotidae (flashers and tripletails)
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  Family Lutjanidae (sea perches and snappers)
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  Family Malacanthidae (tilefishes)
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  Family Menidae (moonfishes and ponyfishes)
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  Family Monodactylidae (fingerfishes, moonfishes, and silver angelfishes)
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  Family Moronidae (temperate basses)
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  Family Mullidae (goat fishes)
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  Family Nandidae (leaffishes and nandus)
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  Family Nematistiidae
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  Family Nemipteridae (false snappers)
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  Family Notograptidae
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  Family Opistognathidae (jawfishes and smilers)
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  Family Oplegnathidae (knifejaws)
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  Family Ostracoberycidae
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  Family Owstoniidae (deepsea jawfishes)
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  Family Pempherididae (sweepers)
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  Family Pentacerotidae (armorheads and boarfishes)
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  Family Pentapodidae (barenoses and large-eyed breams)
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  Family Percichthyidae (temperate basses)
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  Family Percidae (perches and true perches)
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  Family Plesiopidae
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  Family Polynemidae (threadfins)
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  Family Pomacanthidae (angelfishes)
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  Family Pomatomidae (bluefishes)
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  Family Priacanthidae (bigeyes and catalufas)
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  Family Pseudochromidae
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  Family Pseudogrammidae
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  Family Pseudoplesiopidae
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  Family Rachycentridae (cobias)
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  Family Rhinoprenidae (threadfin scats)
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  Family Sciaenidae (croakers, drums, and roncadores)
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  Family Serranidae (groupers and sea basses)
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  Family Sillaginidae (sillagos, smelts, and whitings)
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  Family Sparidae (porgies)
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  Family Teraponidae (tigerfishes)
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  Family Toxotidae (archerfishes)