Suborder

Gasterosteoidei (Sticklebacks and allies)

Gasterosteus aculeatus. Photo: (c) chris buelow, 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: Gasterosteoidei (Sticklebacks and allies)
        Family: Aulorhynchidae (Tubesnouts) (1)
        Family: Gasterosteidae (Sticklebacks) (1)

Subtaxa

Family: Aulorhynchidae (Tubesnouts)

Family: Gasterosteidae (Sticklebacks)

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