Centrarchiformes

Centrarchiformes; Temporal range: 55.8 - recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Centrarchiformes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Centrarchiformes
Type species
	Centrarchus macropterus; Lacépède, 1801

Centrarchiformes /sɛnˈtrɑːrkɪfɔːrmiːz/ is an order of ray-finned fish, sometimes included amongst the perciformes, with 17 families. This order first appeared about 55.8 million years ago in the Eocene Era, and is composed primarily of omnivores. The order has a wide range that includes the continents of Australia and South America.^[1]^[2] Many Centrarchiformes look essentially perch-like, featuring a stocky build and a spine-bearing dorsal fin, and range in size from 2.5 cm in length (for Elassoma gilberti), to 1.8 meters for the Maccullochella peelii.^[3] The order Centrachiformes is not recognised in the 5th Edition of Fishes of the World.^[4]

Families[]

Aplodactylidae
Centrarchidae
Cheilodactylidae
Chironemidae
Cirrhitidae
Dichistiidae
Elassomatidae (likely belong within Centrarchidae)^[5]
Enoplosidae
Girellidae
Kuhliidae
Kyphosidae
Latridae
Oplegnathidae
Percalatidae
Percichthyidae
Perciliidae
Sinipercidae
Terapontidae^[6]

References[]

^ Lavoué, Sébastien; Nakayama, Kouji; Jerry, Dean R.; Yamanoue, Yusuke; Yagishita, Naoki; Suzuki, Nobuaki; Nishida, Mutsumi; Miya, Masaki (2014). "Mitogenomic phylogeny of the Percichthyidae and Centrarchiformes (Percomorphaceae): Comparison with recent nuclear gene-based studies and simultaneous analysis". Gene. 549 (1): 46–57. doi:10.1016/j.gene.2014.07.033. PMID 25026502.
^ "Centrarchiformes - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
^ Yagishita, Naoki; Miya, Masaki; Yamanoue, Yusuke; Shirai, Shigeru M.; Nakayama, Kouji; Suzuki, Nobuaki; Satoh, Takashi P.; Mabuchi, Kohji; Nishida, Mutsumi; Nakabo, Tetsuji (2009). "Mitogenomic evaluation of the unique facial nerve pattern as a phylogenetic marker within the percifom fishes (Teleostei: Percomorpha)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 53 (1): 258–266. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.06.009. PMID 19540351.
^ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 459. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
^ http://www.nanfa.org/ac/AC2012vol37no4_Elassoma%20zonatum%20E_okejenokee%20and%20E_evergladei-habitats%20and%20comparative%20observations_Bohlen_Nolte.pdf
^ Sanciangco, Millicent D.; Carpenter, Kent E.; Betancur-r, Ricardo (2016). "Phylogenetic placement of enigmatic percomorph families (Teleostei: Percomorphaceae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 94 (Pt B): 565–576. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.10.006. PMID 26493227.

[1] Lavoué, Sébastien; Nakayama, Kouji; Jerry, Dean R.; Yamanoue, Yusuke; Yagishita, Naoki; Suzuki, Nobuaki; Nishida, Mutsumi; Miya, Masaki (2014). "Mitogenomic phylogeny of the Percichthyidae and Centrarchiformes (Percomorphaceae): Comparison with recent nuclear gene-based studies and simultaneous analysis". Gene. 549 (1): 46–57. doi:10.1016/j.gene.2014.07.033. PMID 25026502.

[2] "Centrarchiformes - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2019-03-05.

[3] Yagishita, Naoki; Miya, Masaki; Yamanoue, Yusuke; Shirai, Shigeru M.; Nakayama, Kouji; Suzuki, Nobuaki; Satoh, Takashi P.; Mabuchi, Kohji; Nishida, Mutsumi; Nakabo, Tetsuji (2009). "Mitogenomic evaluation of the unique facial nerve pattern as a phylogenetic marker within the percifom fishes (Teleostei: Percomorpha)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 53 (1): 258–266. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.06.009. PMID 19540351.

[Nelson5-4] J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 459. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.

[5] ttp://www.nanfa.org/ac/AC2012vol37no4_Elassoma%20zonatum%20E_okejenokee%20and%20E_evergladei-habitats%20and%20comparative%20observations_Bohlen_Nolte.pdf

[6] Sanciangco, Millicent D.; Carpenter, Kent E.; Betancur-r, Ricardo (2016). "Phylogenetic placement of enigmatic percomorph families (Teleostei: Percomorphaceae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 94 (Pt B): 565–576. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.10.006. PMID 26493227.

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