Kurtiformes

Kurtiformes
Kurtus indicus female
Apogon imberbis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Clade:	Percomorpha
Order:	Kurtiformes D.S. Jordan, 1923[1]
Families
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The Kurtiformes /ˈkɜːrtɪfɔːrmiːz/ consist of two extant families of ray-finned fish, the Indo-Pacific Kurtidae (consisting solely of two species in the genus Kurtus) and the much more diverse and widespread Apogonidae (the cardinalfishes). The order is part of the Percomorpha clade and is regarded by many authorities as a sister taxon to the Gobiiformes.