Percomorpha

The Percomorpha (Latin perca ("perch") + Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, appearance”)) is a large clade of bony fish that includes the tuna, seahorses, gobies, cichlids, flatfish, wrasse, perches, anglerfish, and pufferfish.[1][2][3][4][5]

Percomorpha
Rose fish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Superorder:	Acanthopterygii
Clade:	Percomorpha Cope 1871 sensu Miya et al. 2003
Type species
Perca fluviatilis Linnaeus, 1758
Series
Ophidiimorpharia Batrachoidimorpharia Gobiomorpharia Scombrimorpharia(includes Istiophoridae) Carangimorpharia Percomorpharia
Synonyms
Percomorphaceae Betancur-Rodriguez et al. 2013 Acanthopteri

Evolution

The cladogram is based on Betancur-R et al., 2017.[4]

Percomorpha

Ophidiimorpharia Ophidiiformes (cusk-eels)         Batrachoidimorpharia Batrachoididae (toadfishes)         Gobiomorpharia   Gobiiformes (gobies)     Kurtiformes (nurseryfishes, cardinalfishes)           Scombrimorpharia   Scombriformes (tunas, mackerel)     Syngnathiformes (seahorses, goatfishes)         Carangimorpharia   Anabantomorphariae   Synbranchiformes     Anabantiformes     Carangaromorphariae   Sphyraenidae (barracudas)         Carangiformes (jacks)     Istiophoriformes (billfish)         Centropomidae (snooks)     Pleuronectiformes (flatfish)           Ovalentariae   Cichlomorphae Cichliformes   Atherinomorphae   Beloniformes       Cyprinodontiformes     Atheriniformes             Ambassidae (Asiatic glassfishes)         Congrogadidae (eel blenny)     Pomacentridae (damselfishes)           Embiotocidae (surfperches)     Mugiliformes (mullets)         Lipogramma       Plesiopidae (roundheads)       Pseudochromidae (dottybacks)   Blenniimorphae   Grammatidae (basslets)       Opistognathidae (jawfishes)       Gobiesociformes     Blenniiformes                         Percomorpharia   Gerreidae {Gerreiformes}         Uranoscopiformes (stargazers)       Centrogenyidae     Labridae {Labriformes} (wrasses)               Centrarchiformes (blackbasses, temperate perches)     Pempheriformes       Perciformes (perches, seabasses, sticklebacks, etc)           Sillaginidae (smelt-whitings)     Moronidae {Moroniformes} (temperate basses)         Ephippiformes           Chaetodontiformes (butterflyfishes)     Sciaenidae (drums; croakers)           Monodactylidae (moonfishes, fingerfishes)     Acanthuriformes (surgeonfishes, ponyfishes)         Emmelichthyidae (rovers)       Pomacanthidae (angelfishes)       Lutjaniformes       Callanthiidae (splendid perches)     Malacanthidae (tilefishes)                     Lobotiformes     Spariformes (sea breams)         Siganidae (rabbitfishes)         Scatophagidae {Scatophagiformes} (scats)     Priacanthiformes         Caproidae {Caproiformes}       Lophiiformes (anglerfishes)     Tetraodontiformes (pufferfishes)                       (=Eupercaria)

References

1. Thomas J. Near; et al. (2012). "Resolution of ray-finned fish phylogeny and timing of diversification". PNAS. 109 (34): 13698–13703. Bibcode:2012PNAS..10913698N. doi:10.1073/pnas.1206625109. PMC 3427055. PMID 22869754.
2. Betancur-R, Ricardo; et al. (2013). "The Tree of Life and a New Classification of Bony Fishes". PLOS Currents Tree of Life. 5 (Edition 1). doi:10.1371/currents.tol.53ba26640df0ccaee75bb165c8c26288. PMC 3644299. PMID 23653398. Archived from the original on 2013-10-13.
3. Laurin, M.; Reisz, R.R. (1995). "A reevaluation of early amniote phylogeny". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 113 (2): 165–223. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1995.tb00932.x.
4. Betancur-R (2017). "Phylogenetic Classification of Bony Fishes Version 4".
5. Nelson, Joseph S.; Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons. pp. 314–526. doi:10.1002/9781119174844. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.