The Perciformes order is the most numerous fish order.
(“Still Life of Fish and a Cat”. Pieter de Putter, 1605-1659)
The Perciformes order numbers over 10,000 species, which are grouped into 160 families and 20 suborders. The following suborders and families are found in the Adriatic Sea:
The Percoidei suborder with 2 superfamilies and 20 families:
The Cepoloidea superfamily with the Cepolidae family.
The Percoidea superfamily with the Apogonidae family, the Bramidae family, the Callanthiidae family, the Carangidae family, the Coryphaenidae family, the Echeneidae family, the Epigonidae family, the Haemulidae family, the Kyphosidae family, the Lobotidae family, the Leiognathidae family, the Moronidae family, the Mullidae family, the Oplegnathidae family, the Polyprionidae family, the Pomatomidae family, the Sciaenidae family, the Serranidae family, the Sparidae family, the Terapontidae family.
The Labroidei suborder with 3 families: the Labridae family, the Pomacentridae family, the Scaridae family.
The Zoarcoidei suborder with the Zoarcidae family.
The Trachinoidei suborder with 3 families: the Ammodytidae family, the Trachinidae family, the Uranoscopidae family.
The Blennioidei suborder with 3 families: the Blenniidae family, the Clinidae family, the Tripterygiidae family.
The Callionymoidei suborder with the Callionymidae family.
The Gobioidei suborder with the Gobiidae family.
The Acanthuroidei suborder with 2 families: the Luvaridae family, the Siganidae family.
The Scombroidei suborder with 6 families: the Gempylidae family, the Istiophoridae family, the Scombridae family, the Sphyraenidae family, the Trichiuridae family, the Xiphiidae family.
The Stromateoidei suborder with 3 families: the Centrolophidae family, the Nomeidae family, the Stromateidae family.
The Caproidei suborder with the Caproidae family.