Summary description from Wikipedia:

Acanthuriformes in languages:

English

Butterflyfishes, Angelfishes, and Allies

German

Doktorfischartige

Japanese

ニザダイ目

Latvian

Ķirurgzivjveidīgās

Russian

Хирургообразные

Thai

ปลาผีเสื้อ ปลาขี้ตังเบ็ด ฯลฯ

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Parent Taxon

• Actinopterygii

Sibling Taxa

• Acanthuriformes
• Acipenseriformes
• Acropomatiformes
• Aesopichthyidae
• Aethalionopsis
• Alepocephaliformes
• Amiiformes
• Anabantiformes
• Argentiniformes
• Aspidorhynchiformes
• Ateleopodiformes
• Atheriniformes
• Aulopiformes
• Batrachoidiformes
• Beloniformes
• Beryciformes
• Blenniiformes
• Caesioscorpididae
• Carangiformes
• Centrarchiformes
• Characiformes
• Cichliformes
• Clupeiformes
• Cypriniformes
• Cyprinodontiformes
• Elopomorpha
• Esociformes
• Gadiformes
• Galaxiiformes
• Gobiesociformes
• Gobiiformes
• Gonorynchiformes
• Gymnotiformes
• Hiodontiformes
• Holocentriformes
• Kurtiformes
• Lampriformes
• Lepidogalaxiiformes
• Lepisosteiformes
• Lophiiformes
• Mugiliformes
• Myctophiformes
• Ophidiiformes
• Osmeriformes
• Osteoglossiformes
• Perciformes
• Percopsiformes
• Polymixiiformes
• Polypteriformes
• Pycnodontiformes
• Pycnodus
• Saccopharyngiformes
• Salmoniformes
• Scombriformes
• Siluriformes
• Stomiiformes
• Stylephoriformes
• Synbranchiformes
• Syngnathiformes
• Tetraodontiformes
• Trachichthyiformes
• Zeiformes

Child Taxa

• Acanthuridae
• Antigoniidae
• Callanthiidae
• Caproidae
• Cepolidae
• Chaetodontidae
• Dinopercidae
• Drepaneidae
• Emmelichthyidae
• Ephippidae
• Gerreidae
• Haemulidae
• Latilidae
• Leiognathidae
• Lethrinidae
• Lobotidae
• Lutjanidae
• Luvaridae
• Malacanthidae
• Monodactylidae
• Moronidae
• Nemipteridae
• Pomacanthidae
• Priacanthidae
• Scatophagidae
• Sciaenidae
• Siganidae
• Sillaginidae
• Sparidae
• Zanclidae

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