perciformes
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1. one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | animal order, |
| definition | : | the order of animals (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | percoidea, suborder percoidea, |
| definition | : | in some classifications nearly or exactly equivalent to the Perciformes which are considered a suborder (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | percoid, percoid fish, percoidean, |
| definition | : | any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | perch, |
| definition | : | any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | anabantidae, family anabantidae, |
| definition | : | small freshwater spiny-finned fishes of Africa and southern Asia (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family percidae, percidae, |
| definition | : | active freshwater fishes; true perches and pike perches (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family trichodontidae, trichodontidae, |
| definition | : | two species of elongate compressed scaleless large-eyed fishes that live in sand or mud (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family ophidiidae, ophidiidae, |
| definition | : | eellike marine fishes (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | brotulidae, family brotulidae, |
| definition | : | chiefly deep-sea fishes related to the Ophidiidae (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | carapidae, family carapidae, |
| definition | : | pearlfishes: related to the Brotulidae (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | centropomidae, family centropomidae, |
| definition | : | a family of fish or the order Perciformes including robalos (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | esocidae, family esocidae, |
| definition | : | pikes; pickerels; muskellunges (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | centrarchidae, family centrarchidae, |
| definition | : | sunfish family (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | bream, freshwater bream, |
| definition | : | any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family serranidae, serranidae, |
| definition | : | marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | embiotocidae, family embiotocidae, |
| definition | : | viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family priacanthidae, priacanthidae, |
| definition | : | small carnivorous percoid fishes found worldwide in tropical seas (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | apogonidae, family apogonidae, |
| definition | : | bright-colored marine fishes that incubate eggs in the mouth (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family malacanthidae, malacanthidae, |
| definition | : | short-headed marine fishes; often brightly colored (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family pomatomidae, pomatomidae, |
| definition | : | food and game fishes related to pompanos (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family rachycentridae, rachycentridae, |
| definition | : | family of pelagic fishes containing solely the cobia (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | carangidae, family carangidae, |
| definition | : | large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | coryphaenidae, family coryphaenidae, |
| definition | : | large active pelagic percoid fish (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | bramidae, family bramidae, |
| definition | : | deep-bodied percoid fishes of the open seas (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | branchiostegidae, family branchiostegidae, |
| definition | : | small family of marine fishes having covered gills (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | cichlidae, family cichlidae, |
| definition | : | cichlids (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family lutjanidae, lutjanidae, |
| definition | : | snappers (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family haemulidae, haemulidae, |
| definition | : | grunts (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family sparidae, sparidae, |
| definition | : | porgies; scups (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family sciaenidae, sciaenidae, |
| definition | : | warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family mullidae, mullidae, |
| definition | : | goatfishes or red mullets (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | mugiloidea, suborder mugiloidea, |
| definition | : | fishes distinguished by abdominal pelvic fins: families Mugilidae; Atherinidae; Sphyraenidae (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family kyphosidae, kyphosidae, |
| definition | : | sea chubs (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | ephippidae, family ephippidae, |
| definition | : | small family comprising the spadefishes (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | chaetodontidae, family chaetodontidae, |
| definition | : | butterfly fishes (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family pomacentridae, pomacentridae, |
| definition | : | damselfishes (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family labridae, labridae, |
| definition | : | wrasses (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family scaridae, scaridae, |
| definition | : | parrotfishes (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family polynemidae, polynemidae, |
| definition | : | threadfins (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family opisthognathidae, opisthognathidae, |
| definition | : | jawfishes (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family uranoscopidae, uranoscopidae, |
| definition | : | stargazers (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | blennioidea, suborder blennioidea, |
| definition | : | blennies; butterfishes; gunnels (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | ammodytidae, family ammodytidae, |
| definition | : | sand lances (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | callionymidae, family callionymidae, |
| definition | : | dragonets (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family gobiidae, gobiidae, |
| definition | : | gobies (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | eleotridae, family eleotridae, |
| definition | : | sleepers (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family percophidae, percophidae, |
| definition | : | percoid flatheads (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family toxotidae, toxotidae, |
| definition | : | archerfishes (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family microdesmidae, microdesmidae, |
| definition | : | worm fish (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | acanthuridae, family acanthuridae, |
| definition | : | surgeonfishes (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family gempylidae, gempylidae, |
| definition | : | snake mackerels (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family trichiuridae, trichiuridae, |
| definition | : | cutlassfishes (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | scombroidea, suborder scombroidea, |
| definition | : | mackerels; tunas; albacores; bonitos; swordfishes; sailfishes (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family stromateidae, stromateidae, |
| definition | : | butterfishes: harvest fishes; dollar fishes (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family gobiesocidae, gobiesocidae, |
| definition | : | clingfishes (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family lobotidae, lobotidae, |
| definition | : | tripletails (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family gerreidae, family gerridae, gerreidae, gerridae, |
| definition | : | mojarras (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | acanthopterygii, superorder acanthopterygii, |
| definition | : | teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays (noun.animal) |
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