Percoidea

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Percoidea
Temporal range: Early Paleocene–recent
Yellow perch (Perca flavescens)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Percoidei
Superfamily: Percoidea
Families

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Percoidea is a superfamily of fish of the order Perciformes. The superfamily includes about 3,374 species.

Classification[edit]

The Percoidea are classified in the 5th Edition of the Fishes of the World as follows:[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 431–452. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.