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Acanthuroidei , is a group of ray finned fishes which is a suborder of the Acanthuriformes, although older classifications regarded it as a suborder of the Perciformes, the largest order of fish,. The suborder includes the surgeonfish and Moorish idol. Members of this suborder have a compressed body covered with small ctenoid scales. The name for the suborder comes from that of the surgeonfish (Acanthuridae) family within it, and is derived from the Greek words akantha and oura, which loosely translate to "thorn" and "tail", respectively, referring to the "scalpels" found on surgeonfishes' caudal peduncle.
Families
Acanthuroidei contains the following families:
Family Luvaridae Gill, 1885 (Luvar)
Family Zanclidae Bleeker, 1876 (Moorish angels)
†Family Massalongiidae Tyler & Bannikov, 2005
†Family Acanthonemidae Bannikov, 1991
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
Timeline of genera
References
Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-05-19.