| Percoidei | |
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| Girella fimbriata | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Percoidei |
| Superfamilies | |
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Percoidei is one of 3 suborders of bony fishes in the orderPerciformes.[1] Many commercially harvested fish species are considered to be contained in this suborder, including thesnappers,groupers,basses,goatfishes andperches.
The Percoidei are further divided into three superfamilies which contain over 50 families and hundreds of genera.[1]
