percomorphi

WORDNET DICTIONARY

percomorphi(n = noun.animal) order perciformes, order percomorphi, perciformes - one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna;

is a kind of animal order

is a member of acanthopterygii, superorder acanthopterygii

percomorphi, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. perca perch + Gr. morfh` form.].

A division of fishes including the perches and related kinds. [1913 Webster]