Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes

Classification

Order: Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

Description

Acanthuriformes is an order of 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.

Families

Acanthuridae - Surgeonfishes

Siganidae - Rabbitfishes

Sciaenidae - Drums

Drepaneidae - Sicklefishes

Ephippidae - Spadefishes

Chaetodontidae - Butterflyfishes

Scatophagidae - Scats

Pomacanthidae - Marine angelfish

Leiognathidae - Slimys, slipmouths, or ponyfishes

Luvaridae - Louvar

Emmelichthyidae - Rovers

Caproidae - Boarfishes

Antigoniidae - Deepbody boarfishes

Zanclidae - Moorish idol

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