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Perciformes

Webster's Dictionary

(n. pl.) An extensive tribe or suborder of fishes, including the true perches (Percidae); the pondfishes (Centrarchidae); the sciaenoids (Sciaenidae); the sparoids (Sparidae); the serranoids (Serranidae), and some other related families.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Perciformes'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/perciformes.html. 1828.