Trachinoidei

Trachinoidei

Speckled sandperch Parapercis hexophtalma.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Trachinoidei
Families
Ammodytidae (sand lances or sand eels) Champsodontidae Cheimarrhichthyidae (torrent fish) Chiasmodontidae Creediidae (sandburrowers) Leptoscopidae (southern sandfish) Percophidae (duckbills) Pholidichthyidae (convict blenny) Pinguipedidae (sandperches) Trachinidae (weeverfishes) Trichodontidae (sandfishes) Trichonotidae (sanddivers) Uranoscopidae (stargazers)

Trachinoidei is a suborder of the Perciformes, the largest order of fish. The suborder includes about 251 species. The suborder includes the weeverfish, stargazers, and torrent fish.

Timeline of genera

References

Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 1–560. Retrieved 2011-05-19.

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