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.
Serranidae n : marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish [syn: {family Serranidae}]