Perciformes \Per`ci*for"mes\, n. pl. [NL.]

(Zo["o]l.) An extensive tribe or suborder of fishes, including the true perches (Percid[ae]); the pondfishes (Centrarchid[ae]); the sci[ae]noids (Sci[ae]nid[ae]); the sparoids (Sparid[ae]); the serranoids (Serranid[ae]), and some other related families.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)