Editing Perciformes (section)

=== Evolution ===
The earliest fossil perciform is the extinct [[stem group]]-perciform<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Near |first=Thomas J. |last2=Thacker |first2=Christine E. |date=2024-04-18 |title=Phylogenetic Classification of Living and Fossil Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii) |url=https://bioone.org/journals/bulletin-of-the-peabody-museum-of-natural-history/volume-65/issue-1/014.065.0101/Phylogenetic-Classification-of-Living-and-Fossil-Ray-Finned-Fishes-Actinopterygii/10.3374/014.065.0101.full |journal=Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History |volume=65 |issue=1 |doi=10.3374/014.065.0101 |issn=0079-032X}}</ref> ''[[Paleoserranus]]'' (originally considered an early [[Serranidae|serranid]]) from the [[Danian|Early Paleocene]] of [[Mexico]], but potential records of "percoids" are known from the [[Maastrichtian]], including ''[[Eoserranus]]'' and ''[[Prolates]]'', although their exact taxonomic identity remains uncertain.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Cantalice |first=Kleyton M. |last2=Alvarado-Ortega |first2=Jesús |last3=Alaniz-Galvan |first3=Abril |date=2018-04-01 |title=Paleoserranus lakamhae gen. et sp. nov., a Paleocene seabass (Perciformes: Serranidae) from Palenque, Chiapas, southeastern Mexico |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S089598111730487X |journal=Journal of South American Earth Sciences |volume=83 |pages=137–146 |doi=10.1016/j.jsames.2018.01.010 |issn=0895-9811|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kriwet |first=Jürgen |last2=Arratia |first2=Gloria |last3=López-Arbarello |first3=Adriana |last4=Parmar |first4=Varun |last5=Prasad |first5=Guntupalli |date=2004-01-01 |title=Late Cretaceous-Paleocene percomorphs (Teleostei) from India - early radiation of perciformes |url=https://www.academia.edu/978479/Late_Cretaceous_Paleocene_percomorphs_Teleostei_from_India_early_radiation_of_perciformes |journal=Recent advances in …}}</ref> The earliest crown-group perciform fossils are known from the [[Ypresian|Early Eocene]], including the [[Scorpaenoidei|scorpaenoid]] ''[[Eosynanceja]]'' and [[Platycephalidae|platycephalid]] [[Otolith|otoliths]] from New Zealand.<ref name=":0" />