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Labriformes
Brown wrasse (Labrus merula)
Midnight parrotfish Scarus coelestinus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Clade:	Percomorpha
Order:	Labriformes Kaufman & Liem, 1982
Type species
Labrus mixtus Linnaeus, 1758
Families
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Labriformes is an order of ray-finned fishes which includes the wrasses, cales and parrotfishes, within the clade Percomorpha. Some authors include the Labriformes as the clade Labroidei within the Perciformes while others include more families within the Labriformes, such as the cichlids and damselfishes, but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World includes just three listed in the section below and includes 87 genera and about 630 species.

Families

The following three families are classified within the Labriformes:

• Labridae Cuvier, 1816 (Wrasse)
• Odacidae Günther 1861 (Cales)
• Scaridae Rafinesque, 1810 (Parrotfishes)

*Nota bene: Although traditionally considered its own family Scaridae, parrotfish have more recently been found deeply nested within the wrasse family Labridae by molecular phylogenetics, such that parrotfish are instead classified in the tribe Scarini. Similarly, Odacidae has been found nested within the wrasse tribe Hypsigenyini.

References

1. Philip A. Hastings; Harold Jack Walker; Grantly R. Galland (2015). Fishes: A Guide to Their Diversity. Univ of California Press. p. 176. ISBN 978-0520283534.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Labrus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
3. ^ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 427–430. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
4. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
5. Westneat, Mark W.; Alfaro, Michael E. (2005-03-11). "Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the reef fish family Labridae". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 36 (2): 370–390. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.02.001.

• Labriformes
• Percomorpha