Acanthuriformes

Acanthuriformes is an order of ray-finned fish, part of the Percomorpha clade. Some authorities place the fishes in the order within the in the suborders Acanthuroidea and Percoidea of the order Perciformes.

 Taxonomy 

 Order Acanthuriformes
 Suborder Sciaenoidei Gill, 1872
 Family Emmelichthyidae Poey, 1867 (Rovers)
 Family Sciaenidae Cuvier, 1829 (Drums)
 Suborder Acanthuroidei Greenwood et al, 1966
 Family Luvaridae Gill, 1885 (Luvar)
 Family Zanclidae Bleeker, 1876 (Moorish angels)
 †Family Acanthonemidae Bannikov, 1991
 †Family Massalongiidae Tyler & Bannikov, 2005
 Family Acanthuridae Bonaparte, 1835 (Surgeonfishes)
 Subfamily Nasinae Fowler & Bean, 1929
 Subfamily Acanthurinae Bonaparte, 1835
 Tribe Prionurini J.L.B. Smith, 1966
 Tribe Zebrasomini Winterbottom, 1993
 Tribe Acanthurini Bonaparte, 1835

 References 

 "Taxon: Order Acanthuriformes Jordan, 1923". The Taxonomicon. Retrieved 24 December 2020.