Editing Perciformes (section)

{{Short description|Order of ray-finned fishes}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}

{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Perciformes
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|63|0|earliest=Maastrichtian|[[Early Paleocene]] to present}}
| image = Kirnja.jpg
| image_caption = 
| image2 = Gnathanacanthus goetzeei 3.jpg
| image2_caption = Top: [[Dusky grouper]] (''Epinephelus marginatus'') <br> Bottom: [[Red velvetfish]] (''Gnathanacanthus goetzeei'')
| taxon = Perciformes
| authority = [[Pieter Bleeker|Bleeker]], 1863
| subdivision_ranks = Suborders
| subdivision = * [[Percoidei]]
* [[Notothenioidei]]
* [[Scorpaenoidei]]
* [[Cottoidei]]
* [[Gasterosteoidei]]
* [[Zoarcoidei]]
| type_species = ''[[European perch|Perca fluviatilis]]''
| type_species_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758
}}

'''Perciformes''' ({{IPAc-en|'|p|ɜːr|s|ᵻ|ˌ|f|ɔːr|m|iː|z}}), also called the '''Acanthopteri''', is an [[order (biology)|order]] or superorder of [[Actinopterygii|ray-finned fish]] in the clade [[Percomorpha]]. ''Perciformes'' means "[[perch]]-like". Among the well-known members of this group are perches and darters ([[Percidae]]), and also sea basses and groupers ([[Serranidae]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Perciform - Form and function |url=https://www.britannica.com/animal/perciform |access-date=2019-02-14 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> This order contains many familiar freshwater temperate and tropical marine fish groups, but also [[Extremophile|extremophiles]] that have successfully colonized both the North and South Poles, as well as the deepest depths of the ocean.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Thacker |first=Christine E. |last2=Near |first2=Thomas J. |date=2025-03-13 |title=Phylogeny, biology, and evolution of acanthopterygian fish clades |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11160-025-09935-w |journal=Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries |language=en |doi=10.1007/s11160-025-09935-w |issn=1573-5184|doi-access=free }}</ref>