Acanthuriformes

Acanthuriformes is an order of ray-finned fish, part of the Percomorpha clade. Some authorities place the fishes in the order within the in the suborders Acanthuroidea and Percoidea of the order Perciformes.

Sohal surgeonfish

Taxonomy

• Order Acanthuriformes
  • Suborder Sciaenoidei Gill, 1872
    • Family Emmelichthyidae Poey, 1867 (Rovers)
    • Family Sciaenidae Cuvier, 1829 (Drums)
  • Suborder Acanthuroidei Greenwood et al, 1966
    • Family Luvaridae Gill, 1885 (Luvar)
    • Family Zanclidae Bleeker, 1876 (Moorish angels)
    • †Family Acanthonemidae Bannikov, 1991
    • †Family Massalongiidae Tyler & Bannikov, 2005
    • Family Acanthuridae Bonaparte, 1835 (Surgeonfishes)
      • Subfamily Nasinae Fowler & Bean, 1929
      • Subfamily Acanthurinae Bonaparte, 1835
        • Tribe Prionurini J.L.B. Smith, 1966
        • Tribe Zebrasomini Winterbottom, 1993
        • Tribe Acanthurini Bonaparte, 1835

References

1. "Taxon: Order Acanthuriformes Jordan, 1923". The Taxonomicon. Retrieved 24 December 2020.