Dictionary entry

Perciformes

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Per′ci‐for″mes (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) An extensive tribe or suborder of fishes, including the true perches (Percidæ); the pondfishes (Centrarchidæ); the sciænoids (Sciænidæ); the sparoids (Sparidæ); the serranoids (Serranidæ), and some other related families.