perciformes Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna
    order Percomorphi; Percomorphi; order Perciformes.

WordNet

Per`ci*for"mes noun plural
Etymology
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Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) An extensive tribe or suborder of fishes, including the true perches (Percidæ); the pondfishes (Centrarchidæ); the sciænoids (Sciænidæ); the sparoids (Sparidæ); the serranoids (Serranidæ), and some other related families.

Webster 1913