Acropomatiformes

All species of Acropomatiformes live in the sea, some also live in brackish water, no species lives in fresh water. Numerous species of Acropomatiformes have the ability to bioluminescence. This ability has arisen four to five times independently within the Acropomatiformes. == Systematics ==

, the largest of the Acropomatiformes , the longsnout boarfish The Acropomatiformes include over 300 species in 20 families worldwide. The following classification is based on ''Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes'' (2025): • Order Acropomatiformes • Family Scombropidae Gill ,1862 (gnomefishes) • Family Ostracoberycidae Fowler, 1934 (shellskin alfonsinos) • Family Acropomatidae Gill, 1893 (lanternbellies) • Family Symphysanodontidae Katayama, 1984 (slopefishes) • Family Epigonidae Poey, 1861 (deepwater cardinalfishes) • Family Howellidae Ogilby, 1899 (lanternbellies or oceanic basslets) • Family Polyprionidae Bleeker, 1874 (wreckfishes) • Family Lateolabracidae Ghedotti, Davis & Smith, 2018 (Asian seaperches) • Family Glaucosomatidae Jordan & Thompson, 1911 (pearl perches) • Family Pempheridae Bleeker, 1859 (sweepers) • Family Dinolestidae Whitley, 1948 (longfinned pikes) • Family Stereolepididae Smith, Ghedotti & Davis, 2022 (giant sea basses) • Family Banjosidae Jordan & Thompson, 1912 (banjofishes) • Family Pentacerotidae Bleeker, 1859 (armorheads) • Family Malakichthyidae Jordan & Richardson, 1910 (temperate ocean-basses) • Family Champsodontidae Jordan & Snyder, 1902 (gapers) • Family Hemerocoetidae Kaup, 1873 (Indo-Pacific duckbills) • Family Creediidae Waite, 1899 (sand burrowers) • Family Synagropidae Smith, 1961 (splitfin ocean-basses) • Family Bathyclupeidae Gill, 1896 (deepsea herrings) • Genus Schuettea Steindachner, 1866 (eastern pomfret; family incertae sedis) == Phylogeny ==

Cladogram from Near & Thacker, 2024: }} == References ==