Perch-Like Fishes [Perciformes]

Description

Perciforms are one of the largest groups of reef and coastal fishes, so divers commonly see them in a wide variety of shapes and behaviors. Expect to spot colorful schooling species, territorial hunters near rocks, and fast-moving predators that dart out from cover and then vanish back into the reef.

Families

Rockfishes

Scorpaenidae

Groupers

Epinephelidae

Stonefishes

Synanceiidae

Taxonomy