Perciformes, Percomorphi, or Acanthopteri {perciform fish} {percoid} are largest vertebrate order, are 40% of all fish, look like perch, have ray fin, and began in late Cretaceous.
northern {cod} (Gadus morhua) (Gadidae).
Antarctica and south South America {white-blooded fish} {ice fish} (Channichthyidae).
Zanclus cornutus {moorish idol} (Zanclidae) is small tropical marine fish. Genus Heniochus butterfly fishes resemble Moorish Idols.
fresh water or ocean {perch, fish}.
small, America {sunfish} (Centrarchidae).
amber color, fork tail, warm water {amberjack} (Carangidae) {carangid} {hamachi}.
percoid {jack fish}.
carnivore, bluefin/horse mackerel, tropical {pilot fish} (Naucrates duclor).
tuna-like {skipjack} (Euthynnus).
tuna {albacore, fish}.
tuna {bigeye}.
large tuna {bluefin} {horse mackerel}.
streamlined {bonito, fish} (Sarda).
tuna {yellowfin}.
tropical {tunny} (Thunnus).
northern {mackerel, fish}.
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