| Noun | 1. | Percomorphi - one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna 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 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 - eellike 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 robalos 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 family Scaridae, Scaridae - parrotfishes family Polynemidae, Polynemidae - threadfins family Opisthognathidae, Opisthognathidae - jawfishes family Uranoscopidae, Uranoscopidae - stargazers Blennioidea, suborder Blennioidea - blennies; butterfishes; gunnels Ammodytidae, family Ammodytidae - sand lances Callionymidae, family Callionymidae - dragonets |