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ray-finned fishes
perchlike fishes
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Local animals in this group:
drums or croakers
perches
sunfish
temperate basses
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Percoidei
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Percoidei
Kingdom Animalia (animal kingdom)
Phylum Chordata (chordates)
Class
Actinopterygii
(ray-finned fishes)
Order
Perciformes
(perchlike fishes)
Suborder
Percoidei
Family
Centrarchidae
(sunfish)
Species
Lepomis cyanellus
(green sunfish)
Species
Lepomis gibbosus
(pumpkinseed)
Species
Lepomis macrochirus
(bluegill)
Species
Lepomis megalotis
(longear sunfish)
Species
Micropterus salmoides
(largemouth bass)
Species
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
(black crappie)
Family
Moronidae
(temperate basses)
Species
Morone americana
(white perch)
Species
Morone chrysops
(white bass)
Family
Percidae
(perches)
Species
Ammocrypta clara
(sand darter)
Species
Etheostoma blennioides
(greenside darter)
Species
Etheostoma caeruleum
(rainbow darter)
Species
Etheostoma nigrum
(johnny darter)
Species
Percina caprodes
(logperch)
Species
Stizostedion vitreum
(walleye)
Family
Sciaenidae
(drums or croakers)
Species
Aplodinotus grunniens
(freshwater drum)