Clades:
Percomorpha.
ZoologyRay-finned fishes.
TaxonomySome authorities place
Acanthuriformes in the suborders Acanthuroidea and Percoidea of the order
Perciformes.
FamiliesSuborder Sciaenoidei
• Emmelichthyidae: Rovers.
•
Sciaenidae: Drums.
Suborder Acanthuroidei
• Luvaridae: Luvar.
• Zanclidae: Moorish angels.
•
Acanthuridae: Surgeonfishes.