Acanthuriformes
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| Brown meagre (Sciaena umbra) | |
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| Ctenochaetus tominiensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Percomorpha |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes Jordan, 1923[1] |
| Suborders | |
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Acanthuriformes is an
ray-finned fishes, part of the Percomorpha clade
. Some authorities place the fishes in the order within the Acanthuriformes in the suborders Acanthuroidea and Percoidea of the order Perciformes.
Classification
The Acanthuriformes as defined in the 5th edition of Fishes of the World is set out as follows: [2][3]
- Order Acanthuriformes
- Suborder Gill, 1872
- Family Emmelichthyidae Poey, 1867 (Rovers)
- Family Sciaenidae Cuvier, 1829 (Drums)
- Suborder Greenwood et al, 1966[4]
- Family Luvaridae Gill, 1885 (Luvar)
- Family Zanclidae Bleeker, 1876 (Moorish angels)
- †Family AcanthonemidaeBannikov, 1991
- †Family MassalongiidaeTyler & Bannikov, 2005
- Family Acanthuridae Bonaparte, 1835 (Surgeonfishes)
- Subfamily , 1929
- Subfamily Acanthurinae Bonaparte, 1835
- J.L.B. Smith, 1966
- Tribe Zebrasomini Winterbottom, 1993
- Tribe Acanthurini Bonaparte, 1835
- Suborder
Other authorities do not include the Scianoidei within the Acanthuriformes and place the two families included in that suborder as Eupercaria.[5]
References
- ^ "Taxon: Order Acanthuriformes Jordan, 1923". The Taxonomicon. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the originalon 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
- PMID 25543675.
- doi:10.2307/1446292.
- PMC 5501477.