Centropomoidei
Centropomoidei is a suborder of marine and freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the class Actinopterygii, a diverse group of vertebrates characterized by their bony skeletons. It contains a number of families that were previously placed in both the Perciformes and the Carangiformes. More recent studies have found them to form a distinct clade together within the Carangiformes, as the most basal members of the group.
Taxonomy
Suborder Centropomoidei
- Family Latidae Jordan 1888 (giant perches)
- Family Centropomidae Poey 1967 (snooks)
- Family Lactariidae Boulenger 1904 (false trevallies)
- Family Sphyraenidae Rafinesque 1815 (barracudas)