Splendid perch
Sign in to saveCallanthiidae, the splendid perches and groppos is a small family of marine ray-finned fishes in the order Spariformes. These fishes are mainly found in the Indo-Pacific but two species are found in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.
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Callanthiidae, the splendid perches and groppos is a small family of marine ray-finned fishes in the order Spariformes. These fishes are mainly found in the Indo-Pacific but two species are found in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.
==Taxonomy== Callanthiidae was first proposed as a family name in 1907 by the American zoologist Henry Weed Fowler. This family was classified in the order Perciformes but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies the family within the order Spariformes, although states that there is some doubt about the family's exact classification. Other workers have classified the family as incertae sedis within the series Eupercaria.