PERCIFORMES
(the major order of fish)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
BLENNIIDAE
blennies
Family 2 subtaxa 63 images
SALARIINAE
a subfamily of bony fishes
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 		Subfamily 2 subtaxa 63 images
CENTRARCHIDAE
a family of fishes
Family 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
GOBIIDAE
gobies, goby
Family 3 subtaxa 81 images
GOBIINAE
a subfamily of bony fishes
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 		Subfamily 3 subtaxa 81 images
LABRIDAE
wrasses
Family 1 subtaxa 20 images
Symphodus
a genus of bony fishes
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 20 images
PERCIDAE
perches
Family 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Sander
a genus of bony fishes
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderPERCIFORMES (the major order of fish)
SuperorderACANTHOPTERYGII (advanced teleosts)
InfraclassTeleostei (teleost fishes)
ClassACTINOPTERYGII (ray-finned fishes)
Informal[Pisces] (fishes)
SuperclassGNATHOSTOMATA (jawed craniates)
SubphylumVERTEBRATA (vertebrates)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

PERCIFORMES (the major order of fish) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PERCIFORMES (the major order of fish)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 13 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PERCIFORMES (the major order of fish)
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