Pedigree: Order Perciformes

The PEDIGREE of

Order Perciformes

"Child(ren)": Suborder Percoidei ; Suborder Gobioidei (Gobies & kin) ; Suborder Anabantoidei (Labyrinth Fish) ; Elassomatoidei (pygmy sunfishes) ; Labroidei (cichlids : wraesses : etc.) ; Zoarcoidei (pricklebacks etc.) ; Notothenioidei (cod icefishes etc.) ; Trachinoidei (sanddivers etc.) ; Blennioidei ; Icosteoidei (ragfishes) ; Gobiesocoidei (clingfishes) ; Callionymoidei (dragonnets) ; Kurtoidei (nurseryfishes) ; Acanthuroidei (scats : rabbitfishes : etc.) ; Scombrolabracoidei ; Scombroidei (swordfishes : mackerels & tunas : etc.) ; Stromateoidei (driftfishes etc.) ; Channoidei (snakeheads) ; 7000+ species altogether (40% of all bony-fish species)

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														/	-- Superbranch Eumetazoa +	====> [ 58]
													/	-- Superphylum Planulozoa
												/	-- Branch Bilateria
											/	-- Infrakingdom (Grade) of Coelomates
											/		\| or: prob. Clade Nephrozoa
										/	-- Superphylum of Deuterostomes
									/	-- Phylum Chordata (540 M BC - ?)
								/	-- Clade Craniata
							/	-- Subphylum Vertebrata (510 M BC - ?)
						/	-- Infraphylum Gnathostomata
					/	-- Microphylum Teleostomi
				/	-- Superclass Osteichthyes (Bony fishes)
			/	-- Class Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
		/	-- Subclass Neopterygii
	/	-- Infraclass Teleostei
/	-- Superorder Acanthopterygii
/
- Order Perciformes

``2-Great Grandchildren:'' Genus Perca (Yellow perches) ; Genus Periophthalmus (Mudskippers) ; Genus Osphronemus (some Gourami fish)

``3-Great Grandchild:'' Giant Gourami