Moronidae

Morone +‎ -idae

Moronidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes – temperate basses.

• Sometimes not placed in an order or placed in Moroniformes with families Drepaneidae and Ephippidae.

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Perciformes – order; Percoidea – superfamily

• (family): Morone, Dicentrarchus – genera
  • Dicentrarchus labrax (European seabass), Dicentrarchus punctatus (spotted seabass); Morone americana (white perch), Morone chrysops (white bass), Morone mississippiensis (yellow bass), Morone saxatilis (striped bass, green head, rock, rockfish, squid hound) – extant species

• Moronidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Moronidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Moronidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons