Trachinoidei
Encyclopedia
Trachinoidei is a suborder of the Perciformes
, the largest order
of fish. The suborder includes the weeverfish, stargazer
s and torrent fish
.
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 weeverfish, stargazer
Stargazer
The stargazers are a family Uranoscopidae of perciform fish that have eyes on top of their heads . The family includes about 50 species in 8 genera, all marine and found worldwide in shallow waters....
s and torrent fish
Torrent fish
The torrentfish, Cheimarrichthys fosteri, is the only member of the genus Cheimarrichthys which in turn is the only member of the family Cheimarrichthyidae. It is found only in New Zealand. It grows to a maximum length of 15 cm.-References:*...
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