The bulk update request #10883 is active.

Reason: Organizing perciforms together based on the Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes taxonomy

This is just part 1 to group the broad groups together. I intend to get into more detail in subsequent BURs under this post

EDIT: The bulk update request #10883 (forum #445563) has been approved by @spe.

The bulk update request #10885 is active.

remove implication scorpaeniform (126) -> fish (92081)
remove implication lionfish (113) -> scorpaeniform (126)
remove implication sculpin (19) -> scorpaeniform (126)
remove alias scleroparei (0) -> scorpaeniform (126)
remove alias scorpaeniforme (0) -> scorpaeniform (126)
remove alias scorpaeniformes (0) -> scorpaeniform (126)

Reason: Part 2 - preparing to retire scorpaeniform. Reasoning explained here

Necessary followup:

alias scorpaeniform -> perciform
alias scleroparei -> perciform
alias scorpaeniforme -> perciform
alias scorpaeniformes -> perciform

EDIT: The bulk update request #10885 (forum #445568) has been approved by @spe.

The bulk update request #10886 is active.

create implication lyretail_anthias (1) -> anthias (4)
create implication swallowtail_sea_perch (1) -> anthias (4)
remove implication perch_(fish) (11) -> fish (92081)
create implication perch_(fish) (11) -> percid (11)
create implication darter_(fish) (0) -> percid (11)
create implication zander_(fish) (0) -> percid (11)
create implication european_perch (3) -> perch_(fish) (11)
create implication wavy-lined_grouper (1) -> grouper (11)

Reason: Part 3 - Percoidei

zander is a terribly polluted tag since it apparently isn't that uncommon of an oc name. It looks like that tag is used among at least 3 separate ocs, and I have no idea how to find out which belong to who. If anyone reading this does have some better idea how to tag those characters to clean this tag up, I'd be grateful.

EDIT: The bulk update request #10886 (forum #445574) has been approved by @spe.

The bulk update request #10887 is active.

create implication longhorn_sculpin (1) -> sculpin (19)
create implication european_eelpout (1) -> eelpout (1)
create implication wolf_eel (1) -> wolffish (9)
create implication atlantic_wolffish (2) -> wolffish (9)
create implication striped_wolffish (1) -> wolffish (9)
create implication reef_stonefish (1) -> stonefish (3)
create implication cardinal_scorpionfish (1) -> scorpionfish (5)
create alias common_lionfish (0) -> red_lionfish (4)
create alias volitans_lionfish (0) -> red_lionfish (4)
create implication red_lionfish (4) -> lionfish (113)
create implication indian_lionfish (1) -> lionfish (113)

Reason: Part 4 - Cottoidei, Scorpaenoidei, and Zoarcoidei

It's entirely possible I still missed some perciform tags while making this. There isn't a great way to currently search for perciforms, so I mainly searched for various keywords from memory. If anyone sees any I missed, please add them to this post.

EDIT: The bulk update request #10887 (forum #445578) has been approved by @spe.

The bulk update request #10883 (forum #445563) has been approved by @spe.

The bulk update request #10885 (forum #445568) has been approved by @spe.

The bulk update request #10886 (forum #445574) has been approved by @spe.

The bulk update request #10887 (forum #445578) has been approved by @spe.

The bulk update request #10943 is pending approval.

create alias scorpaeniform (126) -> perciform (191)
create alias scleroparei (0) -> perciform (191)
create alias scorpaeniforme (0) -> perciform (191)
create alias scorpaeniformes (0) -> perciform (191)

Reason: Followup to BUR#10885

The bulk update request #10946 is pending approval.

create implication queensland_grouper (1) -> grouper (11)
create implication rockfish (0) -> scorpaenoid (120)

Reason: I knew I'd have missed something.

Including the Rockfish here since it's a tag that was in use, but as a copyright tag. If there's something called a 'Rockfish' that warrants the use of a copyright tag it should likely get one with a suffix.