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Terapontoidei
Centrarchiformes is an order of ray-finned fish, previously included amongst the perciformes. The order Centrarchiformes is not recognized in the 5th Edition (2016) of Fishes of the World, but is accepted on the World Register of Marine Species in November 2023, Fishbase, and Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes.
Many centrarchiforms look essentially perch-like, featuring a stocky build and a spine-bearing dorsal fin, and range in size from 2.5 cm (0.98 in) in length (for Elassoma gilberti), to 1.8 m (5.9 ft) for the Maccullochella peelii.
9 branches of this suborder, most-observed first · about 134 known species
Sea Chubs
familyKyphosidae
Nibblers
familyGirellidae
Stripeys
familyMicrocanthidae
Grunters
familyTerapontidae
Halfmoons
familyScorpididae
Flagtails
familyKuhliidae
Knifejaws
familyOplegnathidae
Galjoens
familyDichistiidae
Blowhole Perches
familyCaesioscorpididae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1303756.