Spariformes

Translingual

Etymology

Sparus +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Spariformes

1. A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei – porgies and their close relatives.

Usage notes

• Members often placed in other orders.
• Order sometimes placed in groups such as Percomorpharia.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class

Hyponyms

• (order): Centracanthidae (picarels), Nemipteridae (threadfin breams), Lethrinidae (emperors), Sparidae (porgies) - families

Descendants

• → Chinese: 鯛形 / 鲷形 (diāoxíng) (calque)

References

• Spariformes at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• “Spariformes”, in Paleobiology Database, 2025
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI