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Teleostei is one of three infraclasses in class Actinopterygii
Actinopterygii

The Actinopterygii constitute the Class of the ray-finned fishes.The ray-finned fishes are so called because they possess lepidotrichia or "fin rays", their fins being webs of skin supported by bony or horny spines , as opposed to the fleshy, lobed fins that characterize the class Sarcopterygii....
, the ray-finned fishes. This diverse group, which arose in the Triassic
Triassic

The Triassic is a geologic period that extends from about 251 to 199 annum . As the first period of the Mesozoic Era, the Triassic follows the Permian and is followed by the Jurassic....
 period, includes 20,000 extant species in about 40 orders; most living fishes are members of this group. The other two infraclasses, Holostei
Holostei

Holostei are bony fish that show primitive characteristics. There are eight species divided among two orders, the Amiiformes represented by a single living species, the bowfin , and the Lepisosteiformes, the gars....
 and Chondrostei
Chondrostei

Chondrostei are primarily cartilage fish showing some ossification. There are 52 species divided among two orders, the Acipenseriformes and the Polypteriformes ....
, are paraphyletic.

See Actinopterygii
Actinopterygii

The Actinopterygii constitute the Class of the ray-finned fishes.The ray-finned fishes are so called because they possess lepidotrichia or "fin rays", their fins being webs of skin supported by bony or horny spines , as opposed to the fleshy, lobed fins that characterize the class Sarcopterygii....
 for a complete list of orders.

osts have a movable maxilla
Maxilla

The maxilla is a fusion of two bones along the palate fissure that form the upper jaw. This is similar to the mandible, which is also a fusion of two halves at the mental symphysis....
 and premaxilla
Premaxilla

The incisive bone is the portion of the maxilla adjacent to the incisors.The term premaxilla can also be used to refer to the incisive bone....
 and corresponding modifications in the jaw musculature.






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Teleostei is one of three infraclasses in class Actinopterygii
Actinopterygii

The Actinopterygii constitute the Class of the ray-finned fishes.The ray-finned fishes are so called because they possess lepidotrichia or "fin rays", their fins being webs of skin supported by bony or horny spines , as opposed to the fleshy, lobed fins that characterize the class Sarcopterygii....
, the ray-finned fishes. This diverse group, which arose in the Triassic
Triassic

The Triassic is a geologic period that extends from about 251 to 199 annum . As the first period of the Mesozoic Era, the Triassic follows the Permian and is followed by the Jurassic....
 period, includes 20,000 extant species in about 40 orders; most living fishes are members of this group. The other two infraclasses, Holostei
Holostei

Holostei are bony fish that show primitive characteristics. There are eight species divided among two orders, the Amiiformes represented by a single living species, the bowfin , and the Lepisosteiformes, the gars....
 and Chondrostei
Chondrostei

Chondrostei are primarily cartilage fish showing some ossification. There are 52 species divided among two orders, the Acipenseriformes and the Polypteriformes ....
, are paraphyletic.

See Actinopterygii
Actinopterygii

The Actinopterygii constitute the Class of the ray-finned fishes.The ray-finned fishes are so called because they possess lepidotrichia or "fin rays", their fins being webs of skin supported by bony or horny spines , as opposed to the fleshy, lobed fins that characterize the class Sarcopterygii....
 for a complete list of orders.

Characteristics

Teleosts have a movable maxilla
Maxilla

The maxilla is a fusion of two bones along the palate fissure that form the upper jaw. This is similar to the mandible, which is also a fusion of two halves at the mental symphysis....
 and premaxilla
Premaxilla

The incisive bone is the portion of the maxilla adjacent to the incisors.The term premaxilla can also be used to refer to the incisive bone....
 and corresponding modifications in the jaw musculature. These modifications make it possible for teleosts to protrude their jaws outwards from the mouth. The caudal fin
Fish anatomy

The anatomy of fish is primarily governed by the physical characteristics of water, which is much denser than air, holds a relatively small amount of dissolved oxygen, and absorbs light more than air does....
 is homocercal, meaning the upper and lower lobes are about equal in size. The spine
Spine

Spine or Spinal may refer to:...
 ends at the caudal peduncle, distinguishing this group from those in which the spine extends into the upper lobe of the caudal fin.

Systematics and evolution

The first fossils of teleosts date back to early Triassic
Triassic

The Triassic is a geologic period that extends from about 251 to 199 annum . As the first period of the Mesozoic Era, the Triassic follows the Permian and is followed by the Jurassic....
. Teleosts are usually divided into twelve superorders, containing the following extant families:
  • Superorder Osteoglossomorpha
    Osteoglossomorpha

    Osteoglossomorpha is a group of bony fish in the Teleostei. A notable member is the Arapaima , the largest freshwater fish in South America and one of the very largest bony fishes alive....
    • Order Osteoglossiformes
      Osteoglossiformes

      Osteoglossiformes is a relatively primitive order of ray-finned fish that contains two sub-orders, the Osteoglossoidei and the Notopteroidei. All of the living species inhabit freshwater....
      , the bony-tongued fishes
    • Order Hiodontiformes
      Hiodontiformes

      Hiodontiformes is a relatively new order of fish, consisting of the two living species of the mooneye family Hiodontidae and three genus of extinct types....
      , including the mooneye
      Mooneye

      The mooneyes are a family , the Hiodontidae, of primitive ray-finned fish comprising two living and one extinct species in the genus Hiodon....
       and goldeye
      Goldeye

      The goldeye, Hiodon alosoides, is a species of fish in the mooneye family . It occurs from as far down the Mackenzie River as Aklavik in the north to Mississippi in the south, and from Alberta in the west to Ohio south of the Great Lakes, with an isolated population south of James Bay....
  • Superorder Elopomorpha
    Elopomorpha

    Elopomorpha is a group of Teleostei fishes that contains:*Elopiformes**Elopidae**Megalopidae*Albuliformes**Albulidae*Notacanthiformes**Halosauridae...
    • Order Elopiformes
      Elopiformes

      Elopiformes is the order of ray-finned fish that includes the tarpons, tenpounders, and ladyfish, as well as a number of extinct types. They have a long fossil record, easily distinguished from other fishes by the presence of an additional set of bones in the throat....
      , including the ladyfishes and tarpon
      Tarpon

      The tarpons are two species of fish, the only members of the family Megalopidae and genus Megalops. They are large coastal fish prized by Angling....
    • Order Albuliformes, the bonefish
      Bonefish

      The bonefish is the type species of the Albulidae, or bonefishes. It is amphidromous, living in inshore tropical waters, moving onto shallow tidal flats to feed with the incoming tide, and retreating to deeper water as the tide ebbs....
      es
    • Order Notacanthiformes
      Notacanthiformes

      Notacanthiformes is an order of deep-sea ray-finned fishes, consisting of the families Halosauridae and Notacanthidae The order is of relatively recent vintage; Fishes of the World lists it as a suborder Notacanthoidei of Albuliformes....
      , including the halosaurs and spiny eel
      Spiny eel

      The name spiny eel is used to describe members of two different families of fish: the freshwater Mastacembelidae of Asia and Africa, and the marine Notacanthidae....
      s
    • Order Anguilliformes, the true eel
      Eel

      True eels are an order of fish, which consists of four suborders, 19 Family s, 110 genera and approximately 600 species. Most eels are predators....
      s and gulpers
    • Order Saccopharyngiformes
      Saccopharyngiformes

      Saccopharyngiformes is an order of unusual ray-finned fish superficially similar to eels, but with many internal differences. Most of the fish in this order are deep-sea types known from only a handful of specimens such as the Umbrella Mouth Gulper Eel....
      , including the gulper eel
  • Superorder Clupeomorpha
    • Order Clupeiformes
      Clupeiformes

      Clupeiformes is the order of Actinopterygii that includes the herring family, Clupeidae, and the anchovy family, Engraulidae. The group includes many of the most important food fish....
      , including herring
      Herring

      Herring are small, oily fish of the genus Clupea found in the shallow, temperate waters of the North Pacific Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, including the Baltic Sea....
      s and anchovies
      Anchovy

      The anchovies are a Family of small, common salt-water fish. There are about 140 species in 16 genera, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans....
  • Superorder Ostariophysi
    Ostariophysi

    Ostariophysi is the second-largest superorder of fish. Members of this superorder are called ostariophysans. This diverse group contains almost 8,000 species, about 28% of known fish species in the world and 68% of freshwater species, and are present on almost all major continents except Antarctica....
    • Order Gonorynchiformes
      Gonorynchiformes

      Gonorynchiformes is an order of Actinopterygii that includes the important food source, the milkfish , and a number of lesser-known types, both ocean and freshwater....
      , including the milkfish
      Milkfish

      The milkfish, , is an important food fish in Southeast Asia and is the sole living species in the family Chanidae. Milkfish have a generally symmetrical and streamlined appearance, with a sizable forked caudal fin....
      es
    • Order Cypriniformes
      Cypriniformes

      The Cypriniformes are an order of Actinopterygii, including the carps, minnows, loaches and relatives. This order contains 5-6 family , over 320 genera, and more than 3,250 species, with new species being described every few months or so, and new genera being recognized regularly....
      , including barbs, carp
      Carp

      Carp is a common name for various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, a very large group of fish originally from Eurasia and southeast Asia....
      , danios, goldfish
      Goldfish

      The goldfish is a domesticated version of the Prussian carp , a dark-gray/brown carp native to Asia. It was first bred for color in China over 1,000 years ago....
      es, loaches
      Loach (fish)

      Cobitidae is the family of the true loaches, which are Old World freshwater fish. They occur throughout Eurasia and in Morocco, and inhabit riverine ecosystems....
      , minnow
      Minnow

      Minnow may refer to:...
      s, rasbora
      Rasbora

      A rasbora is member of a group of small minnow-type fish in the family Cyprinidae . Fish from genera such as Boraras, Microrasbora, Rasbora and Trigonostigma are commonly referred to as rasboras....
      s
    • Order Characiformes
      Characiformes

      The Characiformes are an order of Actinopterygii, comprising the characins and their allies. There are a few thousand different species, including the well-known piranha and tetras....
      , including characins, pencilfishes, hatchetfish
      Hatchetfish

      The name hatchetfish may refer to two unrelated groups of fishes:*Marine hatchetfishes, small deep-sea bioluminescence fishes of the family Sternoptychidae, subfamily Sternoptychinae....
      es, piranha
      Piranha

      A piranha or pira?a is a member of a family of omnivorous freshwater fish which live in South American rivers. In Venezuelan rivers they are called caribes....
      s, tetra
      Tetra

      Tetra are species of small South American freshwater fish, belonging to the family Characidae and to its former subfamilies Alestiidae and Lebiasinidae....
      s.
    • Order Gymnotiformes
      Gymnotiformes

      The Gymnotiformes is a lineage of ostariophysan teleost electric fishes. Common names found in the literature include the Neotropical electric fishes, South American electric fishes, or American knifefishes....
      , including electric eel
      Electric eel

      The electric eel, temblador Electrophorus electricus, is an electrical fish. It is capable of generating powerful electricity shocks, which it uses for both hunting and self-defense....
      s and knifefish
      Knifefish

      Knifefish may refer to several knife-shaped fishes:* The Neotropical knifefishes, order Gymnotiformes, containing five families:** Family Gymnotidae ...
      es
    • Order Siluriformes, the catfish
      Catfish

      Catfish are a very diverse group of Actinopterygii fish. Named for their prominent barbel s, which resemble a cat's whiskers , catfish range in size and behavior from the heaviest, the Pangasius gigas from Southeast Asia and the longest, the wels catfish of Eurasia, to detritivores , and even to a tiny parasite species commonly called the ca...
      es
  • Superorder Protacanthopterygii
    Protacanthopterygii

    Protacanthopterygii is the taxon superorder of bony ray-finned fish.Protacanthopterygii is composed of primitive teleosts. Their common fish anatomy usually include: lack of Generalist and specialist species; greater than 24 vertebrae; adipose fin; mesocoracoid; glossohyal teeth; non-protrusible Maxilla ; proethmoid and several perichondra...
    • Order Salmoniformes, including salmon
      Salmon

      Salmon is the common name for several species of fish of the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the family are called trout,the difference is often attributed to the migratory life of the salmon as compared to the residential behaviour of trout, this holds true for the Atlantic salmon....
       and trout
      Trout

      Trout are a number of species of freshwater fish belonging to the Salmoninae subfamily of the Salmonidae family. Salmon belong to some of the same genera as trout but, unlike most trout, most salmon species spend almost all their lives in salt water....
    • Order Esociformes
      Esociformes

      Esociformes is a small order of Actinopterygii, with two families, the Umbridae and the Esocidae . The pikes of genus Esox give the order its name....
       the pike
      Esox

      Esox is a genus of freshwater fish, the only living genus in the family Esocidae. The type species is E. lucius, the northern pike....
    • Order Osmeriformes
      Osmeriformes

      Osmeriformes is an order of ray-finned fish that includes various kinds of smelts, noodlefishes, and the odd-looking barreleyes. The order consists of fourteen families with about 240 species total....
      , including the smelts and galaxiid
      Galaxiid

      The Galaxiids are a family of mostly small freshwater fish. Representatives occur throughout the southern hemisphere, including South Africa, South America, New Zealand, Australia, Lord Howe Island, New Caledonia and the Falkland Islands....
      s
  • Superorder Stenopterygii
    • Order Ateleopodiformes, the jellynose fish
      Jellynose fish

      The jellynose fishes are a small order of ray-finned fish, consisting of a single family with about a dozen species in four genera.Jellynoses are deep-water, bottom-dwelling, ocean fish....
    • Order Stomiiformes
      Stomiiformes

      Stomiiformes is an order of deep-sea ray-finned fishes of very diverse Morphology , including dragonfishes, lightfishes, marine hatchetfishes, viperfishes, and loosejaws....
      , including the bristlemouths and marine hatchetfish
      Marine hatchetfish

      Marine hatchetfish are big, deep-sea bathypelagic fish of the family Sternoptychidae, together with bottlelights, pearlsides and constellationfish....
      es
  • Superorder Cyclosquamata
    • Order Aulopiformes
      Aulopiformes

      Aulopiformes is an order of ray-finned fish consisting of thirteen living families of marine fish. They are grouped together because of common features in the structure of their gill arches....
      , including the Bombay duck
      Bombay duck

      The Bombay duck or bummalo is, despite its name, not a duck but a lizardfish. It is native to the waters between Mumbai and Kutch in the Arabian Sea, and a small number are also found in the Bay of Bengal....
       and lancetfish
      Lancetfish

      Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.Lancetfishes grow up to in length....
      es
  • Superorder Scopelomorpha
    • Order Myctophiformes
      Myctophiformes

      Myctophiformes is an order of ray-finned fish consisting of two families of deep-sea marine fish, most notably the highly abundant lanternfishes ....
      , including the lanternfish
      Lanternfish

      Not to be confused with Anglerfish .Lanternfishes are small, deep sea fish of the large family Myctophidae. One of two families in the order Myctophiformes, the Myctophidae are represented by 246 species in 33 genus, and are found in oceans worldwide....
      es
  • Superorder Lampridiomorpha
    • Order Lampriformes
      Lampriformes

      Lampriformes are an order of ray-finned fish that includes about 50 living species of deep sea fishes, including the opahs, crestfishes, ribbonfishes, and oarfish....
      , including the oarfish
      Oarfish

      Oarfish are large, greatly elongated, pelagic Lampriform fish comprising the small family Regalecidae. Found in all temperate to tropical oceans yet rarely seen, the oarfish family contains four species in two genus....
      , opah
      Opah

      Opah are large, colorful, deep-bodied pelagic zone Lampriform fish comprising the small family Lampridae . There are only two living species in a single genus: Lampris ....
       and ribbonfishes
  • Superorder Polymyxiomorpha
    • Order Polymixiiformes, the beardfish
      Beardfish

      The beardfishes are a small family of deep-sea marine ray-finned fish named for their pair of long hyoid barbel s. They have little economic importance....
      es
  • Superorder Paracanthopterygii
    Paracanthopterygii

    Paracanthopterygii is a superorder of fishes. Members of this superorder are called paracanthopterygians.It includes five orders:* Percopsiformes ...
    • Order Percopsiformes
      Percopsiformes

      Percopsiformes is a small order of Actinopterygii, comprising the trout-perch and its allies. It contains just nine species, grouped into three families....
      , including the cavefishes and trout-perches
    • Order Batrachoidiformes, the toadfish
      Toadfish

      The toadfish comprise the family Batrachoididae, the only family in the ray-finned fish order Batrachoidiformes. Both the English common name and scientific name refer to their toad-like appearance ....
      es
    • Order Lophiiformes, including the anglerfish
      Anglerfish

      Anglerfish are the members of the order Lophiiformes. They are Osteichthyes named for their characteristic mode of predation, wherein a fleshy growth from the fish's head acts as a Aggressive_mimicry#Food_as_an_attractant; this is considered analogous to angling....
      es
    • Order Gadiformes
      Gadiformes

      Gadiformes is an order of ray-finned fish, also called the Anacanthini, that includes the cod and its allies. Many major food fish are in this order....
      , including cod
      Cod

      Cod is the common name for the genus of fish Gadus, belonging to the family Gadidae, and is also used in the common name of a variety of other fishes....
      s
    • Order Ophidiiformes
      Ophidiiformes

      Ophidiiformes is an order of ray-finned fish that includes the cusk eels , pearlfishes , brotulas , and others.This order includes a variety of deep-sea species, including the deepest known, Abyssobrotula galatheae, found at in the Puerto Rico Trench....
      , including the pearlfish
      Pearlfish

      Pearlfish is a general name for a variety of marine fish species in the Carapidae Family . Pearlfish have been found in tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Oceans at depths up to along oceanic shelves and slopes....
      es
  • Superorder Acanthopterygii
    Acanthopterygii

    Acanthopterygii is the name of a superorder of fish in the class Actinopterygii. It includes the teleost bony fishes, with characteristic sharp bony rays....
    • Order Mugiliformes
      Mugiliformes

      The taxonomic Order Mugiliformes of vertebrate fish contains the single Family Mullet , the mullets....
      , the mullets
      Mullet (fish)

      The mullets or grey mullets are a family of ray-finned fish found worldwide in coastal temperate and tropical waters, and in some species in fresh water also....
    • Order Atheriniformes
      Atheriniformes

      Atheriniformes, also known as the silversides, is an order of ray-finned fish that includes the Atherinidae and several less-familiar families, including the unusual Phallostethidae....
      , including silversides
      Silverside (fish)

      The Old World silversides are a family , Atherinidae, of fish in the order Atheriniformes. They occur worldwide in tropical and temperate waters....
       and rainbowfish
      Rainbowfish

      The rainbowfishes are a family of small, colourful, fresh water fish that are found in northern and eastern Australia and New Guinea and in the Southeast Asian Islands....
      es
    • Order Beloniformes
      Beloniformes

      The Beloniformes are an order of five Family of freshwater and marine ray-finned fish: the Adrianichthyidae ; Belonidae ; Exocoetidae ; Hemiramphidae : and the Scomberesocidae ....
      , including the flyingfish
      Flyingfish

      The Exocoetidae or flying fish are a marine fish family comprising about 50 species grouped in 7 to 9 genus.Flying fish are found in all of the major oceans, particularly in the warm tropics and subtropical waters of the Atlantic ocean, Pacific ocean, and Indian oceans....
      es
    • Order Cetomimiformes
      Cetomimiformes

      The Cetomimiformes or whalefishes are an order of small, deep-sea ray-finned fish. Some authorities include the whalefishes as part of the order Stephanoberyciformes, within the superfamily Cetomimoidea....
      , the whalefishes
    • Order Cyprinodontiformes
      Cyprinodontiformes

      The Cyprinodontiformes is an order of Actinopterygii, and comprising mostly small, fresh-water fish. They are closely related to the Atheriniformes and are occasionally included with them....
      , including livebearers
      Live-bearing aquarium fish

      Live-bearing aquarium fish, often simply called livebearers, are fish that retain the eggs inside the body and give birth to live, free-swimming young....
      , killifish
      Killifish

      A killifish is any of various tiny, oviparous cyprinodontiformes . All in all there are some 1270 different species of killifish, the biggest family being Rivulidae, containing more than 320 species....
      es
    • Order Stephanoberyciformes
      Stephanoberyciformes

      The Stephanoberyciformes are an order of marine ray-finned fishes, consisting of about 45 species, the majority of which belong to the ridgehead family ....
      , including the ridgehead
      Ridgehead

      Ridgeheads, also known as bigscales, are a family of small, deep-sea stephanoberyciform fish. The family contains approximately 37 species in five genus; their distribution is worldwide, but ridgeheads are absent from the Arctic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea....
      s
    • Order Beryciformes
      Beryciformes

      Beryciformes is an order of ray-finned fishes. This is a very poorly understood group of 16 families, 57 genera, and about 219 species. Most believe that it is probably an artificial assemblage of unrelated taxa that are thrown together for convenience only; there are no convincing characteristics that tie all members together....
      , including the fangtooth
      Fangtooth

      Fagtooths are deep-sea, ferocious-looking beryciform fish of the family Anoplogastridae . With a circumglobal distribution in tropical and cold-temperate waters, the family contains only two very similar species, in one genus, with no known close relatives: the common fangtooth, Anoplogaster cornuta, found worldwide; and the...
      s and pineconefishes
    • Order Zeiformes
      Zeiformes

      The Zeiformes are a small order of marine ray-finned fishes most notable for the dory , a group of common food fish. The order consists of about 40 species in seven families, mostly deep-sea types....
      , including the dories
      Dory (fish)

      The common name dory is shared by members of several different family of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish....
    • Order Gobiesociformes, the clingfishes
    • Order Gasterosteiformes
      Gasterosteiformes

      Gasterosteiformes is an order of ray-finned fishes that includes the sticklebacks and relatives.In the Gasterosteiformes, the pelvis is never attached to the cleithra directly, and the supramaxillary, orbitosphenoid, and basisphenoid bones are absent....
       including stickleback
      Stickleback

      The Gasterosteidae are a family of fish including the sticklebacks. FishBase currently recognises sixteen species in the family, grouped in five genera....
      s, pipefish
      Pipefish

      Pipefishes or pipe-fishes are a subfamily of small fishes, which with the seahorses form a distinct family....
      es, seahorses
    • Order Syngnathiformes
      Syngnathiformes

      Syngnathiformes is an order of ray-finned fishes that includes the pipefishes and seahorses.These fishes have elongate, narrow, bodies surrounded by a series of bony rings, and small, tubular mouths....
      , including the seahorses and pipefish
      Pipefish

      Pipefishes or pipe-fishes are a subfamily of small fishes, which with the seahorses form a distinct family....
      es
    • Order Synbranchiformes
      Synbranchiformes

      Synbranchiformes, often called swamp eels, is an order of ray-finned fishes that are eel-like but have spiny rays, indicating that they belong to the superorder Acanthopterygii....
      , including the swamp eel
      Swamp eel

      The swamp eels are a family of freshwater eel-like fishes of the worldwide tropics....
      s
    • Order Tetraodontiformes
      Tetraodontiformes

      The Tetraodontiformes are an order of highly derived Actinopterygii, also called the Plectognathi. Sometimes these are classified as a suborder of the Perciformes....
      , including the filefish
      Filefish

      Filefish are tropical to subtropical tetraodontiform marine fish of the diverse family Monacanthidae. Found in the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Indian Oceans, the filefish family contains approximately 107 species in 26 genus....
      es and pufferfish
      Pufferfish

      Tetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish. The family includes many familiar species which are variously called puffers, balloonfish, blowfish, bubblefish, globefish, swellfish, toadfish, and toadies....
    • Order Pleuronectiformes, the flatfish
      Flatfish

      The flatfish are an order of ray-finned fish, also called the Heterosomata, sometimes classified as a suborder of Perciformes. The name means "side-swimmers" in Greek language....
      es
    • Order Scorpaeniformes
      Scorpaeniformes

      Scorpaeniformes is an order of Actinopterygii, but it has also been called the Scleroparei. Species in this order have recently been reclassified into the Perciformes....
      , including scorpionfish
      Scorpionfish

      Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfish, are a family of mostly ocean fish that includes many of the world's most venomous species. As the name suggests, scorpionfish have a type of "sting" in the form of sharp spines coated with venomous mucus....
      es and the sculpin
      Sculpin

      A Sculpin is a fish that belongs to the Order Scorpaeniformes, Suborder Cottoidei and Superfamily Cottoidea that contains 11 families, 149 genera, and 756 species according to though these totals will likely change as more molecular work is done....
      s
    • Order Perciformes
      Perciformes

      The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, include about 40% of all bony fish and are the largest order of vertebrata....
       40% of all fish including anabantids, bass
      Bass (fish)

      Bass is a name shared by many different species of popular gamefish. The term encompasses both fresh water and sea water species. All belong to the large order Perciformes, or perch-like fishes, and in fact the word bass comes from Middle English bars, meaning "perch." These are some of the best known species of bass:...
      , cichlid
      Cichlid

      Cichlids are fish from the family Cichlidae in the order Perciformes. The family Cichlidae, a major family of perciform fish, is both large and diverse....
      s, gobies, gourami
      Gourami

      The gourami or gouramies are a family , Osphronemidae, of fresh water perciform fishes. The fish are native to Asia, from Pakistan and India to the Malay Archipelago and north-easterly towards Korea....
      s, mackerel
      Mackerel

      Mackerel is a common name applied to a number of different species of fish, mostly, but not exclusively, from the family Scombridae. They occur in all tropical and temperate seas....
      , perch
      Perch

      Perca is the genus of fish referred to as perch or, sometimes, yellow perch, a group of freshwater fish belonging to the family Percidae....
      es, scats
      Scatophagidae

      The scats are a small family, Scatophagidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes.They are small fishes native to the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean that have been popular in the aquarium in the last 30 years....
      , whiting, wrasses
Osteoglossum Bicirrhosum