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Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

This group gathers Fish subcategory members belonging to the order Perciformes and its close percomorph relatives, together the largest and most diverse single lineage of vertebrates, loosely united by a spiny first dorsal fin and pelvic fins set far forward beneath the body. It spans true perches and basses, the groupers and snappers of coral reefs, jacks and trevallies built for open-water speed, the barracuda, an elongated ambush predator, remoras, which attach to larger fish and sharks by a modified sucker-like dorsal fin, the open-ocean tunas, mackerels, marlins, sailfish and swordfish, among the fastest fish in the sea, and a scatter of freshwater percomorphs such as the walleye, bluegill and the wrongly named Murray cod and lingcod, neither of which is a true member of the cod family despite the common name.

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Reproductive Mode
Oviparous (Egg-Laying) 2
Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)
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Anarhichas orientalis

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Atlantic Mackerel (Scomber scombrus)

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Atlantic Sailfish

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Barracuda

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Barramundi

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Blackfin Icefish

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Blue Marlin

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Bluegill

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Carangoides ciliarius

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Common dentex

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Common dragonet

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Common Remora

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Embiotoca jacksoni

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

European Perch

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Giant Trevally

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Goliath Grouper

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Great Barracuda

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Gymnocranius audleyi

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

John Dory

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Largemouth Bass

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Lingcod

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Mahi-mahi

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Mandarinfish

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Mullus barbatus

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Murray cod

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Nile Perch

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Obtuse barracuda

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Pompano dolphinfish

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Red Snapper

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Remora

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Sailfish

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Striped Red Mullet

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Swordfish

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Tanganyika lates

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Walleye

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Yellow Perch

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)

Yellowfin Tuna

Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes)
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Taxonomic rank
WikipediaTaxonomic rank, Fundamental ranks section, rank sequence sentence, group 516665
Quote, Taxonomic rank, Fundamental ranks section, rank sequence sentence, group 516665
kingdom, phylum or division, class, order, family, genus, and species
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2. Wikipedia: Fish
WikipediaFish, Reproduction and life-cycle section, group 516665
Quote, Fish, Reproduction and life-cycle section, group 516665
Over 97% of fish, including salmon and goldfish, are oviparous, meaning that the eggs are shed into the water and develop outside the mother's body.
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