animal order - the order of animals

Acanthopterygii, superorder Acanthopterygii - teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays

Percoidea, suborder Percoidea - in some classifications nearly or exactly equivalent to the Perciformes which are considered a suborder

percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes

perch - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes

Anabantidae, family Anabantidae - small freshwater spiny-finned fishes of Africa and southern Asia

family Percidae, Percidae - active freshwater fishes; true perches and pike perches

family Trichodontidae, Trichodontidae - two species of elongate compressed scaleless large-eyed fishes that live in sand or mud

family Ophidiidae, Ophidiidae - eel-like marine fishes

Brotulidae, family Brotulidae - chiefly deep-sea fishes related to the Ophidiidae

Carapidae, family Carapidae - pearlfishes: related to the Brotulidae

Centropomidae, family Centropomidae - a family of fish or the order Perciformes including robolos

Esocidae, family Esocidae - pikes; pickerels; muskellunges

Centrarchidae, family Centrarchidae - sunfish family

freshwater bream, bream - any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis

family Serranidae, Serranidae - marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish

Embiotocidae, family Embiotocidae - viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes

family Priacanthidae, Priacanthidae - small carnivorous percoid fishes found worldwide in tropical seas

Apogonidae, family Apogonidae - bright-colored marine fishes that incubate eggs in the mouth

family Malacanthidae, Malacanthidae - short-headed marine fishes; often brightly colored

family Pomatomidae, Pomatomidae - food and game fishes related to pompanos

family Rachycentridae, Rachycentridae - family of pelagic fishes containing solely the cobia

Carangidae, family Carangidae - large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas

Coryphaenidae, family Coryphaenidae - large active pelagic percoid fish

Bramidae, family Bramidae - deep-bodied percoid fishes of the open seas

Branchiostegidae, family Branchiostegidae - small family of marine fishes having covered gills

Cichlidae, family Cichlidae - cichlids

family Lutjanidae, Lutjanidae - snappers

family Haemulidae, Haemulidae - grunts

family Sparidae, Sparidae - porgies; scups

sea bream, bream - any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae

family Sciaenidae, Sciaenidae - warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout

family Mullidae, Mullidae - goatfishes or red mullets

Mugiloidea, suborder Mugiloidea - fishes distinguished by abdominal pelvic fins: families Mugilidae; Atherinidae; Sphyraenidae

family Kyphosidae, Kyphosidae - sea chubs

Ephippidae, family Ephippidae - small family comprising the spadefishes

Chaetodontidae, family Chaetodontidae - butterfly fishes

family Pomacentridae, Pomacentridae - damselfishes

family Labridae, Labridae - wrasses