Labriformesis anorderofray-finned fisheswhich includes thewrasses,calesandparrotfishes,within the cladePercomorpha.[3]Some authors include the Labriformes as the clade Labroidei within thePerciformeswhile others include morefamilieswithin the Labriformes, such as thecichlidsanddamselfishes,but the 5th edition ofFishes of the Worldincludes just three listed in the section below and includes 87generaand about 630 species.[3]

Labriformes
Brown wrasse(Labrus merula)
Midnight parrotfishScarus coelestinus
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Percomorpha
Order: Labriformes
Kaufman & Liem, 1982[1]
Type species
Labrus mixtus
Families

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Families

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The following three families are classified within the Labriformes:[3][4]

References

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  1. ^Philip A. Hastings; Harold Jack Walker; Grantly R. Galland (2015).Fishes: A Guide to Their Diversity.Univ of California Press. p. 176.ISBN978-0520283534.
  2. ^Eschmeyer, William N.;Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.)."Labrus".Catalog of Fishes.California Academy of Sciences.Retrieved14 January2020.
  3. ^abcJ. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016).Fishes of the World(5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 427–430.ISBN978-1-118-34233-6.Archived fromthe originalon 2019-04-08.Retrieved2019-12-25.
  4. ^Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014)."Family-group names of Recent fishes".Zootaxa.3882(2): 001–230.