Percoidei

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Percoidei is a large and diverse suborder of ray-finned fishes that includes many familiar marine and freshwater species such as perches, basses, and groupers.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Percoidei canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fish suborder ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
characteristic ctenoid scales in many species ⓘ
diverse body shapes and sizes ⓘ
spiny and soft dorsal fin portions ⓘ
contains many coastal fishes ⓘ
many reef-associated fishes ⓘ
some deep-water fishes ⓘ
describedAs large and diverse suborder of ray-finned fishes ⓘ
distribution worldwide ⓘ
economicImportance aquarium trade ⓘ
commercial fisheries ⓘ
recreational fisheries ⓘ
habitat brackish waters ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ
marine waters ⓘ
includes anemonefishes ⓘ
basses ⓘ
butterfly perches (Callanthiidae) ⓘ
butterflyfishes ⓘ
cardinalfishes ⓘ
croakers (Sciaenidae) ⓘ
damselfishes ⓘ
drums (Sciaenidae) ⓘ
emperors (Lethrinidae) ⓘ
fusiliers (Caesionidae) ⓘ
goatfishes (Mullidae) ⓘ
groupers ⓘ
grunts (Haemulidae) ⓘ
hawkfishes (Cirrhitidae) ⓘ
jawfishes (Opistognathidae) ⓘ
mojarras (Gerreidae) ⓘ
perches ⓘ
pilot fishes (Naucratidae) ⓘ
porgies (Sparidae) ⓘ
remoras (Echeneidae) ⓘ
sea basses (Serranidae) ⓘ
snappers ⓘ
snook (Centropomidae) ⓘ
sunfishes (Centrarchidae) ⓘ
sweetlips (Plectorhinchinae) ⓘ
threadfin breams (Nemipteridae) ⓘ
tilefishes (Malacanthidae) ⓘ
parentTaxon Actinopterygii ⓘ
Perciformes ⓘ
Teleostei ⓘ
subclassOf ray-finned fishes ⓘ
taxonRank suborder ⓘ
trophicRole omnivorous fishes ⓘ
predatory fishes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Perciformes → hasSuborder → Percoidei ⓘ
Percidae → belongsToSubseries → Percoidei ⓘ