Labriformes

Labriformes
Temporal range:
Cuckoo wrasse (Labrus mixtus)
Atlantic stargazer Uranoscopus scaber
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Percomorpha
Order: Labriformes
Kaufman & Liem, 1982[1]
Type species
Labrus mixtus
Families

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Labriformes is an order of marine ray-finned fish which includes the wrasses, cales and parrotfishes, within the clade Percomorpha. Some authors include the Labriformes as the clade Labroidei within the Perciformes while others include more families within the Labriformes, such as the cichlids and damselfishes, but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World includes just three listed in the section below and includes 87 genera and about 630 species.

Families

The following three families are classified within the Labriformes:

References

  1. Philip A. Hastings; Harold Jack Walker; Grantly R. Galland (2015). Fishes: A Guide to Their Diversity. Univ of California Press. p. 176. ISBN 0520283538.
  1. Philip A. Hastings; Harold Jack Walker; Grantly R. Galland (2015). Fishes: A Guide to Their Diversity. Univ of California Press. p. 176. ISBN 978-0520283534.
  2. Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.). "Labrus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 January 2020.