page_title: Percophidae
section_title: Subfamilies and genera
hierarchical_section_title: Percophidae / Subfamilies and genera
caption_attribution_description: English: Bembrops platyrhynchus
context_page_description: The Percophidae, duckbills, are a family of percomorph fishes, from the order Trachiniformes, found in tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and in the southwestern and southeastern Pacific.
  They are small fishes: the largest species, the Brazilian flathead, Percophis brasiliensis, grows up to about 50 centimetres, but 10 centimetres to 20 centimetres is more typical. A few species are fished commercially, including the Brazilian flathead.
context_section_description: The family Percophidae is divided into three subfamilies
  Subfamily Bembropinae Regan, 1913
  Bembrops Steindachner, 1876
  Chrionema Gilbert, 1905
  Subfamily Hemerocoetinae Kaup, 1873
  Acanthaphritis Günther, 1880
  Dactylopsaron Parin, 1990
  Enigmapercis Whitley, 1936
  Hemerocoetes Valenciennes, 1837
  Matsubaraea Taki, 1953
  Osopsaron Jordan & Starks, 1904
  Pteropsaron Jordan & Snyder, 1902
  Squamicreedia Rendahl, 1921
  Subfamily Percophinae Swainson, 1839
  Percophis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
caption: Bembrops platyrhynchus Natal duckbill
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