Alternative spelling: Perchiformes
Parent taxon: Eupercaria according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Arratia 2015, Bannikov 2014, Bannikov and Carnevale 2009, Betancur et al. 2013, Böhme 2010, Carnevale et al. 2011, Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Carnevale et al. 2003, Cicimurri et al. 2025, Cione 1987, Cvancara and Hoganson 1993, Day 2002, Estes 1964, Fierstine 1998, Fierstine 1999, Fierstine 2001, Fierstine 2005, Fierstine et al. 2012, Fierstine and Starnes 2005, Friedman and Johnson 2005, Gottfried et al. 2012, Long 2011, López-Arbarello et al. 2003, Malabarba et al. 2006, Martinelli and Forasiepi 2004, Murray and Attia 2004, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016, Nolf and Dockery 1990, Purdy et al. 2001, Sepkoski 2002, Shoshani et al. 1989, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Uyeno and Fujui 1975 and Weems 1999
Sister taxa: Acanthuriformes, Asianthidae, Callanthiidae, Caproiformes, Caucasichthyidae, Centrarchiformes, Centrogenyidae, Chaetodontiformes, Dinolestidae, Dinopercidae, Emmelichthyidae, Eotrigonodontidae, Ephippiformes, Exelliidae, Gerreiformes, Labriformes, Lobotiformes, Lophiiformes, Lutjaniformes, Malacanthidae, Monodactylidae, Moronidae, Parascorpididae, Pempheriformes, Pietschellidae, Pomacanthidae, Priacanthiformes, Quasimullidae, Repropcidae, Scatophagidae, Siganidae, Sillaginidae, Spariformes, Tetraodontiformes, Uranoscopiformes
Subtaxa: Acanthonotus Alepes Ammodytoidei Amphiperca Anarhichas Anarrhichthys Aphia Apogonoides Apolectus Aramichthys Arripidae Avitolabrax Bairdiella Banjosidae Bathyclupeidae Bembropoidei Bilinia Blabe Branchiostegidae Brotulidae Burtinia Callyodon Chaeturichthys Chandidae Cockerellites Congiopodoidei Coryphopterus Cottioidei Cottoidei Cottopsis Ctenodentex Ctenosciaena Dapaloides Diaphyodus Eocottidae Eoluvarus Eoserranus Epinnula Grammatorycnus Haemulidae Haliophis Hypacanthus Hyperprosopon Icosteoidei Isacia Labroidea Labroidei Landanichthys Latellopsis Latidae Lithognathus Lonchistium Lutjanidae Lycodopsis Lyconectes Maccullochella Matarchia Menticirrhus Mugiloidei Nebris Normanichthyoidei Notothenioidei Odonteobolca Palaeoperca Paraplatax Parapygaeus Pararhenanoperca Pasaichthys Pennahia Pentacerotidae Pentaprion Percalates Perciliidae Percoidei Percoideorum Percophidae Phanerodon Phosphichthys Plagioholocentrus Platycephalidae Platylates Priacanthopsis Propercarinidae Propygidium Psenes Pseudoscarus Quasicichla Quasinectes Rexea Rhenanoperca Robertanniidae Saldenioichthys Scomberoides Scombrolabracoidei Scombrosphyraena Scorpaenoidei Selar Serranoidei Sparidae Sphyraenoidei Sphyraenops Stromateoidei Synagrops Tetrapterus Thalasseloetridae Thyrsitocephalus Trachinoidei Trichiuroidei Trispinachidae Tungtingichthys Wangia Xiphioidei Zoarcoidei
Ecology: nektonic carnivore