Acanthuriformes

Acanthuriformes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Clade:	Percomorpha
Order:	Acanthuriformes; Jordan, 1923
Suborders
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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.

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 Acanthuroidei
  - Family Luvaridae Gill, 1885 (Luvar)
  - Family Zanclidae Bleeker, 1876 (Moorish angels)
  - †Family Tyler & Bannikov, 2005
  - Family Acanthuridae Bonaparte, 1835 (Surgeonfishes)
    - Subfamily Fowler & Bean, 1929
    - Subfamily Acanthurinae Bonaparte, 1835
      - Tribe J.L.B. Smith, 1966
      - Tribe , 1993
      - Tribe Bonaparte, 1835

References[]

^ "Taxon: Order Acanthuriformes Jordan, 1923". The Taxonomicon. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
^ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 497–502. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.

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

[Nelson5-2] J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 497–502. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.

[VDLEF-3] Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.

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