Acanthuriformes
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Acanthuriformes is a large, diverse order of mostly marine ray-finned fishes, part of the Percomorpha clade. In the past, members of this clade were placed in the suborders Acanthuroidea and Percoidea of the order Perciformes, but this treatment is now considered paraphyletic. This order contains many of the iconic tropical reef fish groups, such as surgeonfish, marine angelfish, butterflyfish, ra
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| Brown meagre (Sciaena umbra) | |
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| Ctenochaetus tominiensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Percomorpha |
| Clade: | Eupercaria |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes Jordan, 1923 |
| Type species | |
| Acanthurus triostegus | |
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