Suborder

Cottoidei (Sculpins and allies)

Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus. Photo: (c) Sara Thiebaud, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Perciformes, also called the Percomorpha or Acanthopteri, are the most numerous order of vertebrates, containing about 41% of all bony fish. Perciformes means “perch-like”. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish, and comprise over 10,000 species found in almost all aquatic ecosystems.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
        Order: Perciformes (Perch-like fishes)
        Suborder: Cottoidei (Sculpins and allies)
        Family: Rhamphocottidae (Grunt sculpins) (1)
        Family: Liparidae (Snailfishes) (4)
        Family: Cottidae (Typical sculpins) (3)
        Family: Jordaniidae (Longfin sculpins) (1)
        Family: Agonidae (Poachers) (6)
        Family: Hexagrammidae (Greenlings) (4)
        Family: Psychrolutidae (Fathead sculpins) (11)

Subtaxa

Family: Rhamphocottidae (Grunt sculpins)

Family: Liparidae (Snailfishes)

Family: Cottidae (Typical sculpins)

Family: Jordaniidae (Longfin sculpins)

Family: Agonidae (Poachers)

Family: Hexagrammidae (Greenlings)

Family: Psychrolutidae (Fathead sculpins)

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