Acanthuriformes

Acanthuriformes is an order of ray-finned fish, part of the Percomorpha clade. Some authorities place the fishes in the order within the in the suborders Acanthuroidea and Percoidea of the order Perciformes.

Sohal surgeonfish

Taxonomy
  • Order Acanthuriformes
    • Suborder Sciaenoidei Gill, 1872
      • Family Emmelichthyidae Poey, 1867 (Rovers)
      • Family Sciaenidae Cuvier, 1829 (Drums)
    • Suborder Acanthuroidei Greenwood et al, 1966
      • Family Luvaridae Gill, 1885 (Luvar)
      • Family Zanclidae Bleeker, 1876 (Moorish angels)
      • †Family Acanthonemidae Bannikov, 1991
      • †Family Massalongiidae Tyler & Bannikov, 2005
      • Family Acanthuridae Bonaparte, 1835 (Surgeonfishes)
        • Subfamily Nasinae Fowler & Bean, 1929
        • Subfamily Acanthurinae Bonaparte, 1835
          • Tribe Prionurini J.L.B. Smith, 1966
          • Tribe Zebrasomini Winterbottom, 1993
          • Tribe Acanthurini Bonaparte, 1835

References
  1. "Taxon: Order Acanthuriformes Jordan, 1923". The Taxonomicon. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
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