Category:Perciformes

Per`ci*for"mes, n. pl. Etym: [nl.] (zoöl.)

Defn: an extensive tribe or suborder of fishes, including the true Perches (percidæ); the pondfishes (centrarchidæ); the sciænoids (sciænidæ); the sparoids (sparidæ); the serranoids (serranidæ), and Some other related families.