Stromateoidei
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Stromateoidei is a suborder of the Perciformes
, the largest order
of fish. The suborder includes the medusafish
es, Squaretail
s and driftfish
es which associate with jellyfish
, the latter families preying on them while the medusafish use them for protection while scavenging food scraps.
Perciformes
The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...
, the largest order
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
of fish. The suborder includes the medusafish
Medusafish
Medusafishes are a family, Centrolophidae, of perciform fishes. They are found in temperate and tropical waters throughout the world.Young Icichthys lockingtoni are abundant in the coastal waters of the north Pacific, where they are often found in association with jellyfish, which provides them...
es, Squaretail
Squaretail
The squaretails are a genus, Tetragonurus, of perciform fishes, the only genus in the family Tetragonuridae.They are found in tropical and subtropical oceans, and feed on jellyfish and ctenophores.-Species:There are 3 species:...
s and driftfish
Driftfish
Driftfishes are perciform fishes in the family Nomeidae. They are found in tropical and subtropical waters throughout the world.The largest species, such as the Cape farthead, Cubiceps capensis, reach one metre in length....
es which associate with jellyfish
Jellyfish
Jellyfish are free-swimming members of the phylum Cnidaria. Medusa is another word for jellyfish, and refers to any free-swimming jellyfish stages in the phylum Cnidaria...
, the latter families preying on them while the medusafish use them for protection while scavenging food scraps.