Centropomoidei is a suborder of marine and freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the order Carangiformes. Its families were previously placed elsewhere, but more recent studies have found them to form a distinct clade within the Carangiformes, as the most basal members of the order.
Taxonomy Suborder Centropomoidei Family Latidae Jordan 1888 (giant perches) Family Centropomidae Poey 1967 (snooks) Family Lactariidae Boulenger 1904 (false trevallies) Family Sphyraenidae Rafinesque 1815 (barracudas)
See also Menoidei
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