Perciformes

Perciformes, cried the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri an aw, are the lairgest order o vertebrates, containin aboot 40% o aw bony fishes. Perciformes means "perch-like". Thay belang tae the class o ray-finned fish, an comprise ower 10,000 species foond in almaist aw aquatic environments. The order contains aboot 160 faimilies, which is the maist o ony order within the vertebrates.^[1] It is the maist variably sized order o vertebrates an aw, rangin frae the 7 mm (0.28 in) Schindleria brevipinguis tae the 5 m (16 ft) Makaira species. Among well-kent members o this group are cichlids, sunfish/bluegill, damselfish, bass, an perch.

Perciformes Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Actinopterygii
Superorder:	Acanthopterygii
Order:	Perciformes Bleeker, 1863
Teep species
Perca fluviatilis Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
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