Order

Perciformes (Perch-like fishes)

Sebastes melanops. Photo: Chad King (SIMoN / MBNMS), no known copyright restrictions (public domain)

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.

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