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One of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water true perches
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perciformes
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Perciformes , also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, are the largest order of vertebrates , containing about 41% of all bony fish . Perciformes means " perch -like". They belong to the class of ray-finned fish , and comprise over 10,000 species found ...
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Perciformes \Per`ci*for"mes\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) An extensive tribe or suborder of fishes, including the true perches ( Percid[ae] ); the pondfishes ( Centrarchid[ae] ); the sci[ae]noids ( Sci[ae]nid[ae] ); the sparoids ( Sparid[ae] ); the serranoids ...