"Percomorph Fishes" (no perciformes)

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What are the 7 orders in the percomorph fishes?
Gasterosteiformes, mugiliformes, atheriniformes, beloniformes, cyprinodontiformes, perciformes, pleuronectiformes
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What is the stickleback family?
Gasterostidae
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What is the seahorse/pipefish family?
Sygnathidae
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What fish comprise the mugiliiformes?
Mullets
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What is the mullet family?
Mugilidae
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What fish comprise the antheriniformes?
Silversides
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What fish comprise the beloniformes?
Flying fish and sauries
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What is the flying fish family?
Exocoetidae
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What is the saury family?
Scomberescoidae
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What fish comprise the cyprinidontiformes?
Guppies, pupfish, mumminchog, and banded killifish
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What is the guppy family?
Poeciliidae
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What is the pupfish family?
Cyprinidontidae
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What is the mumminchog and banded killifish family?
Fundulidae
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What type of fish are in pleuronectiformes?
Flatfishes
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What family are the right-eye flounders in?
Pleuronectidae