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.

Taxonomy[change | change source]

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[change | change source]

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

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