perciformes

Noun

Meaning

An extensive tribe or suborder of fishes, including the true perches (Percidae); the pondfishes (Centrarchidae); the sciaenoids (Sciaenidae); the sparoids (Sparidae); the serranoids (Serranidae), and some other related families.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

percomorphi order Perciformes order Percomorphi bony fish Siluriformes Osteichthyes Cypriniformes Anguilliformes Gadiformes fishes that have bones carangiformes pleuronectiformes salmoniformes ray-finned fish perch-like fish
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Hypernyms

animal order

Examples

Perciformes means " perch -like". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

percieve perciform perciform fish Percilla Percina Percina antesella