fish family

/fɪʃ ˌfæm(ə)li/

Other forms: fish families

Definitions of fish family

1. noun

   any of various families of fish
   types:

   Cobitidae, family Cobitidae

   loaches

   Cyprinidae, family Cyprinidae

   a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace

   Electrophoridae, family Electrophoridae

   small family comprising the electric eels

   Catostomidae, family Catostomidae

   suckers; closely related to the family Cyprinidae

   Cyprinodontidae, family Cyprinodontidae

   large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies

   Poeciliidae, family Poeciliidae

   topminnows

   Holocentridae, family Holocentridae

   squirrelfishes and soldierfishes

   Anomalopidae, family Anomalopidae

   a family of fish including: flashlight fishes

   Zeidae, family Zeidae

   a family of fish in the order Zeomorphi

   Caproidae, family Caproidae

   boarfishes

   Fistulariidae, family Fistulariidae

   cornetfishes

   Gasterosteidae, family Gasterosteidae

   sticklebacks

   Syngnathidae, family Syngnathidae

   pipefishes

   Macrorhamphosidae, family Macrorhamphosidae

   bellows fishes

   Centriscidae, family Centriscidae

   shrimpfishes

   Aulostomidae, family Aulostomidae

   trumpetfishes

   Petromyzontidae, family Petromyzontidae

   lampreys

   Myxinidae, family Myxinidae

   slime-producing marine animals: hagfishes

   Chimaeridae, family Chimaeridae

   a family of Holocephali

   Hexanchidae, family Hexanchidae

   primitive sharks

   Lamnidae, family Lamnidae

   oceanic sharks

   Isuridae, family Isuridae

   in some classifications another name for the family Lamnidae

   Cetorhinidae, family Cetorhinidae

   in some older classifications considered the family of the basking sharks

   Alopiidae, family Alopiidae

   thresher sharks

   Orectolobidae, family Orectolobidae

   nurse sharks and carpet sharks

   Carchariidae, Odontaspididae, family Carchariidae, family Odontaspididae

   sand sharks; in some classifications coextensive with family Carcharhinidae

   Rhincodontidae, family Rhincodontidae

   small-toothed sharks comprising only one species

   Scyliorhinidae, family Scyliorhinidae

   small bottom-dwelling sharks

   Carcharhinidae, family Carcharhinidae

   largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks

   Triakidae, family Triakidae

   small sharks with smooth skins and lacking spines on their dorsal fins

   Squalidae, family Squalidae

   dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin

   Sphyrnidae, family Sphyrnidae

   hammerhead sharks; bonnethead sharks

   Squatinidae, family Squatinidae

   bottom-dwelling ray-like sharks

   Torpedinidae, family Torpedinidae

   electric rays

   Pristidae, family Pristidae

   large primitive rays with elongated snouts

   Rhinobatidae, family Rhinobatidae

   primitive rays with guitar-shaped bodies

   Dasyatidae, family Dasyatidae

   sting rays

   Myliobatidae, family Myliobatidae

   eagle rays

   Mobulidae, family Mobulidae

   large rays lacking venomous spines: mantas

   Rajidae, family Rajidae

   bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates

   Latimeridae, family Latimeridae

   extinct except for the coelacanth

   Ceratodontidae, family Ceratodontidae

   lungfishes having hornlike ridges on the teeth

   Siluridae, family Siluridae

   Old World catfishes

   Ameiuridae, family Ameiuridae

   North American catfishes

   Laricariidae, family Laricariidae

   armored catfish

   Ariidae, family Ariidae

   sea catfishes

   Gadidae, family Gadidae

   large family of important mostly marine food fishes

   Macrouridae, Macruridae, family Macrouridae, family Macruridae

   grenadiers

   Anguillidae, family Anguillidae

   eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn

   Muraenidae, family Muraenidae

   marine eels

   Congridae, family Congridae

   marine eels

   Gonorhynchidae, family Gonorhynchidae

   coextensive with the genus Gonorhynchus

   Clupeidae, family Clupeidae

   herrings; shad; sardines; etc.

   Engraulidae, family Engraulidae

   anchovies

   Salmonidae, family Salmonidae

   salmon and trout

   Coregonidae, family Coregonidae

   soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae

   Osmeridae, family Osmeridae

   smelts

   Elopidae, family Elopidae

   tarpons and ladyfishes

   Albulidae, family Albulidae

   bonefish

   Argentinidae, family Argentinidae

   small marine soft-finned fishes with long silvery bodies; related to salmons and trouts

   Myctophidae, family Myctophidae

   deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes

   Synodontidae, family Synodontidae

   soft-finned bottom-dwelling fishes

   Chlorophthalmidae, family Chlorophthalmidae

   small family of soft-finned bottom-dwellers with large eyes; relatives of lizardfishes

   Osteoglossidae, family Osteoglossidae

   a family of large fishes that live in freshwater; includes bandfish and bonytongues

   Lampridae, family Lampridae

   opahs

   Trachipteridae, family Trachipteridae

   ribbonfishes

   Regalecidae, family Regalecidae

   ribbonfishes

   Ogcocephalidae, family Ogcocephalidae

   batfishes: sluggish bottom-dwelling spiny fishes

   Lophiidae, family Lophiidae

   large-headed marine fishes comprising the anglers

   Batrachoididae, family Batrachoididae

   toadfishes; related to anglers and batfishes

   Antennariidae, family Antennariidae

   frogfishes; tropical spiny-finned marine fishes having large nearly vertical mouths; related to toadfishes and anglers

   Belonidae, family Belonidae

   ferocious fishes of warm regions resembling but unrelated to the freshwater gars

   Exocoetidae, family Exocoetidae

   flying fishes; closely related to the halfbeaks

   Hemiramphidae, family Hemiramphidae

   halfbeaks; marine and freshwater fishes closely related to the flying fishes but not able to glide

   Scomberesocidae, Scombresocidae, family Scomberesocidae, family Scombresocidae

   only sauries

   Ophiodontidae, family Ophiodontidae

   fishes closely related to greenlings

   Anabantidae, family Anabantidae

   small freshwater spiny-finned fishes of Africa and southern Asia

   Percidae, family Percidae

   active freshwater fishes; true perches and pike perches

   Trichodontidae, family Trichodontidae

   two species of elongate compressed scaleless large-eyed fishes that live in sand or mud

   Ophidiidae, family Ophidiidae

   eellike marine fishes

   Brotulidae, family Brotulidae

   chiefly deep-sea fishes related to the Ophidiidae

   Carapidae, family Carapidae

   pearlfishes: related to the Brotulidae

   Centropomidae, family Centropomidae

   a family of fish or the order Perciformes including robalos

   Esocidae, family Esocidae

   pikes; pickerels; muskellunges

   Centrarchidae, family Centrarchidae

   sunfish family

   Serranidae, family Serranidae

   marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish

   Embiotocidae, family Embiotocidae

   viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes

   Priacanthidae, family Priacanthidae

   small carnivorous percoid fishes found worldwide in tropical seas

   Apogonidae, family Apogonidae

   bright-colored marine fishes that incubate eggs in the mouth

   Malacanthidae, family Malacanthidae

   short-headed marine fishes; often brightly colored

   Pomatomidae, family Pomatomidae

   food and game fishes related to pompanos

   Rachycentridae, family Rachycentridae

   family of pelagic fishes containing solely the cobia

   Echeneididae, family Echeneidae, family Echeneididae

   fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships

   Carangidae, family Carangidae

   large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas

   Coryphaenidae, family Coryphaenidae

   large active pelagic percoid fish

   Bramidae, family Bramidae

   deep-bodied percoid fishes of the open seas

   Branchiostegidae, family Branchiostegidae

   small family of marine fishes having covered gills

   Characidae, family Characidae

   tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America

   Characinidae, family Characinidae

   former name of the Characidae

   Cichlidae, family Cichlidae

   cichlids

   Lutjanidae, family Lutjanidae

   snappers

   Haemulidae, family Haemulidae

   grunts

   Sparidae, family Sparidae

   porgies; scups

   Sciaenidae, family Sciaenidae

   warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout

   Mullidae, family Mullidae

   goatfishes or red mullets

   Mugilidae, family Mugilidae

   grey mullets

   Atherinidae, family Atherinidae

   small spiny-finned fishes of both salt and fresh water

   Sphyraenidae, family Sphyraenidae

   monotypic family of large active fishes of tropical and subtropical waters: barracuda

   Pempheridae, family Pempheridae

   sweepers

   Kyphosidae, family Kyphosidae

   sea chubs

   Ephippidae, family Ephippidae

   small family comprising the spadefishes

   Chaetodontidae, family Chaetodontidae

   butterfly fishes

   Pomacentridae, family Pomacentridae

   damselfishes

   Labridae, family Labridae

   wrasses

   Scaridae, family Scaridae

   parrotfishes

   Polynemidae, family Polynemidae

   threadfins

   Opisthognathidae, family Opisthognathidae

   jawfishes

   Uranoscopidae, family Uranoscopidae

   stargazers

   Dactyloscopidae, family Dactyloscopidae

   sand stargazers

   Blenniidae, family Blenniidae

   a family of fish including: combtooth blennies

   Clinidae, family Clinidae

   viviparous blennies of temperate and tropical seas

   Pholidae, family Pholidae, family Pholididae

   a family of fish of suborder Blennioidea

   Stichaeidae, family Stichaeidae

   pricklebacks

   Anarhichadidae, family Anarhichadidae

   wolffishes

   Zoarcidae, family Zoarcidae

   eelpouts

   Ammodytidae, family Ammodytidae

   sand lances

   Callionymidae, family Callionymidae

   dragonets

   Gobiidae, family Gobiidae

   gobies

   Eleotridae, family Eleotridae

   sleepers

   Percophidae, family Percophidae

   percoid flatheads

   Toxotidae, family Toxotidae

   archerfishes

   Microdesmidae, family Microdesmidae

   worm fish

   Acanthuridae, family Acanthuridae

   surgeonfishes

   Gempylidae, family Gempylidae

   snake mackerels

   Trichiuridae, family Trichiuridae

   cutlassfishes

   Scombridae, family Scombridae

   marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna

   Katsuwonidae, family Kasuwonidae

   in some classifications considered a separate family comprising the oceanic bonitos

   Xiphiidae, family Xiphiidae

   comprising the common swordfishes

   Istiophoridae, family Istiophoridae

   sailfishes; spearfishes; marlins

   Luvaridae, family Luvaridae

   louvars

   Stromateidae, family Stromateidae

   butterfishes: harvest fishes; dollar fishes

   Gobiesocidae, family Gobiesocidae

   clingfishes

   Lobotidae, family Lobotidae

   tripletails

   Gerreidae, Gerridae, family Gerreidae, family Gerridae

   mojarras

   Sillaginidae, family Sillaginidae

   small family of small food fishes in shallow waters of the Pacific around Indonesia

   Amiidae, family Amiidae

   only the bowfins

   Polyodontidae, family Polyodontidae

   paddlefishes

   Acipenseridae, family Acipenseridae

   sturgeons

   Lepisosteidae, family Lepisosteidae

   comprises the genus Lepisosteus

   Scorpaenidae, family Scorpaenidae

   scorpionfishes; rockfishes; lionfishes

   Cottidae, family Cottidae

   sculpins

   Cyclopteridae, family Cyclopteridae

   lumpfishes

   Liparidae, Liparididae, family Liparidae, family Liparididae

   snailfishes

   Agonidae, family Agonidae

   poachers

   Hexagrammidae, family Hexagrammidae

   greenlings

   Platycephalidae, family Platycephalidae

   scorpaenoid flatheads

   Triglidae, family Triglidae

   in some classifications restricted to the gurnards and subdivided into the subfamilies Triglinae (true sea robins) and Peristediinae (armored sea robins)

   Triglinae, subfamily Triglinae

   in some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising searobins having ordinary scales and no barbels (true searobins)

   Peristediinae, subfamily Peristediinae

   in some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising the armored searobins

   Dactylopteridae, family Dactylopteridae

   flying gurnards

   Balistidae, family Balistidae

   triggerfishes

   Monocanthidae, family Monocanthidae

   filefishes

   Ostraciidae, family Ostraciidae, family Ostraciontidae

   boxfishes

   Tetraodontidae, family Tetraodontidae

   puffers

   Diodontidae, family Diodontidae

   spiny puffers

   Molidae, family Molidae

   ocean sunfishes

   Pleuronectidae, family Pleuronectidae

   righteye flounders

   Bothidae, family Bothidae

   a family of fish of the order Heterosomata

   Cynoglossidae, family Cynoglossidae

   tonguefishes

   Soleidae, family Soleidae

   soles

   type of:

   family

   (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera