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Noun: Perciformes
  1. One of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna
    - order Perciformes, Percomorphi, order Percomorphi

Type of: animal order

Part of: Acanthopterygii, superorder Acanthopterygii

Encyclopedia: Perciformes