#fish_family  any of various families of fish
  supertype:  family  (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"
  member of:  subphylum_Vertebrata
  subtype:  family_Cobitidae__Cobitidae  loaches
  subtype:  family_Cyprinidae__Cyprinidae  a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace
  subtype:  family_Electrophoridae__Electrophoridae  small family comprising the electric eels
  subtype:  family_Catostomidae__Catostomidae  suckers; closely related to the family Cyprinidae
  subtype:  family_Cyprinodontidae__Cyprinodontidae  large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies
  subtype:  family_Poeciliidae__Poeciliidae  topminnows
  subtype:  family_Holocentridae__Holocentridae  squirrelfishes and soldierfishes
  subtype:  family_Anomalopidae__Anomalopidae  a family of fish including: flashlight fishes
  subtype:  family_Zeidae__Zeidae  a family of fish in the order Zeomorphi
  subtype:  family_Caproidae__Caproidae  boarfishes
  subtype:  family_Fistulariidae__Fistulariidae  cornetfishes
  subtype:  family_Gasterosteidae__Gasterosteidae  sticklebacks
  subtype:  family_Syngnathidae__Syngnathidae  pipefishes
  subtype:  family_Macrorhamphosidae__Macrorhamphosidae  bellows fishes
  subtype:  family_Centriscidae__Centriscidae  shrimpfishes
  subtype:  family_Aulostomidae__Aulostomidae  trumpetfishes
  subtype:  family_Petromyzontidae__Petromyzontidae  lampreys
  subtype:  family_Myxinidae__Myxinidae  slime-producing marine animals: hagfishes
  subtype:  family_Chimaeridae__Chimaeridae  a family of Holocephali
  subtype:  family_Hexanchidae__Hexanchidae  primitive sharks
  subtype:  family_Lamnidae__Lamnidae  oceanic sharks
  subtype:  family_Isuridae__Isuridae  in some classifications another name for the family Lamnidae
  subtype:  family_Cetorhinidae__Cetorhinidae  in some older classifications considered the family of the basking sharks
  subtype:  family_Alopiidae__Alopiidae  thresher sharks
  subtype:  family_Orectolobidae__Orectolobidae  nurse sharks and carpet sharks
  subtype:  family_Carchariidae__Carchariidae__Odontaspididae__family_Odontaspididae  sand sharks; in some classifications coextensive with family Carcharhinidae
  subtype:  family_Rhincodontidae__Rhincodontidae  small-toothed sharks comprising only one species
  subtype:  family_Scyliorhinidae__Scyliorhinidae  small bottom-dwelling sharks
  subtype:  family_Carcharhinidae__Carcharhinidae  largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks
  subtype:  family_Triakidae__Triakidae  small smooth-skinned sharks lacking spines on dorsal fins
  subtype:  family_Squalidae__Squalidae  dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin
  subtype:  family_Sphyrnidae__Sphyrnidae  hammerhead sharks; bonnethead sharks
  subtype:  family_Squatinidae__Squatinidae  bottom-dwelling ray-like sharks
  subtype:  family_Torpedinidae__Torpedinidae  electric rays
  subtype:  family_Pristidae__Pristidae  large primitive rays with elongated snouts
  subtype:  family_Rhinobatidae__Rhinobatidae  primitive rays with guitar-shaped bodies
  subtype:  family_Dasyatidae__Dasyatidae  sting rays
  subtype:  family_Myliobatidae__Myliobatidae  eagle rays
  subtype:  family_Mobulidae__Mobulidae  large rays lacking venomous spines: mantas
  subtype:  family_Rajidae__Rajidae  bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates
  subtype:  family_Latimeridae__Latimeridae  extinct except for the coelacanth
  subtype:  family_Ceratodontidae__Ceratodontidae  lungfishes having hornlike ridges on the teeth
  subtype:  family_Siluridae__Siluridae  Old World catfishes
  subtype:  family_Ameiuridae__Ameiuridae  North American catfishes
  subtype:  family_Laricariidae__Laricariidae  armored catfish
  subtype:  family_Ariidae__Ariidae  sea catfishes
  subtype:  family_Gadidae__Gadidae  large family of important mostly marine food fishes
  subtype:  family_Macrouridae__Macrouridae__Macruridae__family_Macruridae  grenadiers
  subtype:  family_Anguillidae__Anguillidae  eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn
  subtype:  family_Muraenidae__Muraenidae  marine eels
  subtype:  family_Congridae__Congridae  marine eels
  subtype:  family_Gonorhynchidae__Gonorhynchidae  coextensive with the genus Gonorhynchus
  subtype:  family_Clupeidae__Clupeidae  herrings; shad; sardines; etc.
  subtype:  family_Engraulidae__Engraulidae  anchovies
  subtype:  family_Salmonidae__Salmonidae  salmon and trout
  subtype:  family_Coregonidae__Coregonidae  soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae
  subtype:  family_Osmeridae__Osmeridae  smelts
  subtype:  family_Elopidae__Elopidae  tarpons and ladyfishes
  subtype:  family_Albulidae__Albulidae  bonefish
  subtype:  family_Argentinidae__Argentinidae  small marine soft-finned fishes with long silvery bodies; related to salmons and trouts
  subtype:  family_Myctophidae__Myctophidae  deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes
  subtype:  family_Synodontidae__Synodontidae  soft-finned bottom-dwelling fishes
  subtype:  family_Chlorophthalmidae__Chlorophthalmidae  small family of soft-finned bottom-livers with large eyes; relatives of lizardfishes
  subtype:  family_Lampridae__Lampridae  opahs
  subtype:  family_Trachipteridae__Trachipteridae  ribbonfishes
  subtype:  family_Regalecidae__Regalecidae  ribbonfishes
  subtype:  family_Ogcocephalidae__Ogcocephalidae  batfishes: sluggish bottom-dwelling spiny fishes
  subtype:  family_Lophiidae__Lophiidae  large-headed marine fishes comprising the anglers
  subtype:  family_Batrachoididae__Batrachoididae  toadfishes; related to anglers and batfishes
  subtype:  family_Antennariidae__Antennariidae  frogfishes; tropical spiny-finned marine fishes having large nearly vertical mouths; related to toadfishes and anglers
  subtype:  family_Belonidae__Belonidae  ferocious fishes of warm regions resembling but unrelated to the freshwater gars
  subtype:  family_Exocoetidae__Exocoetidae  flying fishes; closely related to the halfbeaks
  subtype:  family_Hemiramphidae__Hemiramphidae  halfbeaks; marine and freshwater fishes closely related to the flying fishes but not able to glide
  subtype:  family_Scomberesocidae__Scomberesocidae__Scombresocidae__family_Scombresocidae  only sauries
  subtype:  family_Ophiodontidae__Ophiodontidae  fishes closely related to greenlings
  subtype:  family_Percidae__Percidae  active freshwater fishes; true perches and pike perches
  subtype:  family_Trichodontidae__Trichodontidae  two species of elongate compressed scaleless large-eyed fishes that live in sand or mud
  subtype:  family_Ophidiidae__Ophidiidae  eel-like marine fishes
  subtype:  family_Brotulidae__Brotulidae  chiefly deep-sea fishes related to the Ophidiidae
  subtype:  family_Carapidae__Carapidae  pearlfishes: related to the Brotulidae
  subtype:  family_Centropomidae__Centropomidae  a family of fish or the order Perciformes including robolos
  subtype:  family_Esocidae__Esocidae  pikes; pickerels; muskellunges
  subtype:  family_Centrarchidae__Centrarchidae  sunfish family
  subtype:  family_Serranidae__Serranidae  marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish
  subtype:  family_Embiotocidae__Embiotocidae  viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes
  subtype:  family_Priacanthidae__Priacanthidae  small carnivorous percoid fishes found worldwide in tropical seas
  subtype:  family_Apogonidae__Apogonidae  bright-colored marine fishes that incubate eggs in the mouth
  subtype:  family_Malacanthidae__Malacanthidae  short-headed marine fishes; often brightly colored
  subtype:  family_Pomatomidae__Pomatomidae  food and game fishes related to pompanos
  subtype:  family_Rachycentridae__Rachycentridae  family of pelagic fishes containing solely the cobia
  subtype:  family_Echeneididae__Echeneididae__family_Echeneidae  fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships
  subtype:  family_Carangidae__Carangidae  large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas
  subtype:  family_Coryphaenidae__Coryphaenidae  large active pelagic percoid fish
  subtype:  family_Bramidae__Bramidae  deep-bodied percoid fishes of the open seas
  subtype:  family_Branchiostegidae__Branchiostegidae  small family of marine fishes having covered gills
  subtype:  family_Characidae__Characidae  tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and S and Central America
  subtype:  family_Characinidae__Characinidae  former name of the Characidae
  subtype:  family_Cichlidae__Cichlidae  cichlids
  subtype:  family_Lutjanidae__Lutjanidae  snappers
  subtype:  family_Haemulidae__Haemulidae  grunts
  subtype:  family_Sparidae__Sparidae  porgies; scups
  subtype:  family_Sciaenidae__Sciaenidae  warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout
  subtype:  family_Mullidae__Mullidae  goatfishes or red mullets
  subtype:  family_Mugilidae__Mugilidae  gray mullets
  subtype:  family_Atherinidae__Atherinidae  small spiny-finned fishes of both salt and fresh water
  subtype:  family_Sphyraenidae__Sphyraenidae  monotypic family of large active fishes of tropical and subtropical waters: barracuda
  subtype:  family_Pempheridae__Pempheridae  sweepers
  subtype:  family_Kyphosidae__Kyphosidae  sea chubs
  subtype:  family_Ephippidae__Ephippidae  small family comprising the spadefishes
  subtype:  family_Chaetodontidae__Chaetodontidae  butterfly fishes
  subtype:  family_Pomacentridae__Pomacentridae  damselfishes
  subtype:  family_Labridae__Labridae  wrasses
  subtype:  family_Scaridae__Scaridae  parrotfishes
  subtype:  family_Polynemidae__Polynemidae  threadfins
  subtype:  family_Opisthognathidae__Opisthognathidae  jawfishes
  subtype:  family_Uranoscopidae__Uranoscopidae  stargazers
  subtype:  family_Dactyloscopidae__Dactyloscopidae  sand stargazers
  subtype:  family_Blenniidae__Blenniidae  a family of fish including: combtooth blennies
  subtype:  family_Clinidae__Clinidae  viviparous blennies of temperate and tropical seas
  subtype:  family_Pholidae__Pholidae__family_Pholididae  a family of fish of suborder Blennioidea
  subtype:  family_Stichaeidae__Stichaeidae  pricklebacks
  subtype:  family_Anarhichadidae__Anarhichadidae  wolffishes
  subtype:  family_Zoarcidae__Zoarcidae  eelpouts
  subtype:  family_Ammodytidae__Ammodytidae  sand lances
  subtype:  family_Callionymidae__Callionymidae  dragonets
  subtype:  family_Gobiidae__Gobiidae  gobies
  subtype:  family_Eleotridae__Eleotridae  sleepers
  subtype:  family_Percophidae__Percophidae  percoid flatheads
  subtype:  family_Toxotidae__Toxotidae  archerfishes
  subtype:  family_Microdesmidae__Microdesmidae  wormfishes
  subtype:  family_Acanthuridae__Acanthuridae  surgeonfishes
  subtype:  family_Gempylidae__Gempylidae  snake mackerels
  subtype:  family_Trichiuridae__Trichiuridae  cutlassfishes
  subtype:  family_Scombridae__Scombridae  marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna
  subtype:  Katsuwonidae__family_Kasuwonidae  in some classifications considered a separate family comprising the oceanic bonitos
  subtype:  family_Xiphiidae__Xiphiidae  comprising the common swordfishes
  subtype:  family_Istiophoridae__Istiophoridae  sailfishes; spearfishes; marlins
  subtype:  family_Luvaridae__Luvaridae  louvars
  subtype:  family_Stromateidae__Stromateidae  butterfishes: harvest fishes; dollar fishes
  subtype:  family_Gobiesocidae__Gobiesocidae  clingfishes
  subtype:  family_Lobotidae__Lobotidae  tripletails
  subtype:  family_Gerreidae__Gerreidae__Gerridae__family_Gerridae  mojarras
  subtype:  family_Sillaginidae__Sillaginidae  small family of small food fishes in shallow waters of the Pacific around Indonesia
  subtype:  family_Amiidae__Amiidae  only the bowfins
  subtype:  family_Polyodontidae__Polyodontidae  paddlefishes
  subtype:  family_Acipenseridae__Acipenseridae  sturgeons
  subtype:  family_Lepisosteidae__Lepisosteidae  comprises the genus Lepisosteus
  subtype:  family_Scorpaenidae__Scorpaenidae  scorpionfishes; rockfishes; lionfishes
  subtype:  family_Cottidae__Cottidae  sculpins
  subtype:  family_Cyclopteridae__Cyclopteridae  lumpfishes
  subtype:  family_Liparididae__Liparididae__Liparidae__family_Liparidae  snailfishes
  subtype:  family_Agonidae__Agonidae  poachers
  subtype:  family_Hexagrammidae__Hexagrammidae  greenlings
  subtype:  family_Platycephalidae__Platycephalidae  scorpaenoid flatheads
  subtype:  family_Triglidae__Triglidae  in some classifications restricted to the gurnards and subdivided into the subfamilies Triglinae (true sea robins) and Peristediinae (armored sea robins)
  subtype:  subfamily_Triglinae__Triglinae  in some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising searobins having ordinary scales and no barbels (true searobins)
  subtype:  subfamily_Peristediinae__Peristediinae  in some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising the armored searobins
  subtype:  family_Dactylopteridae__Dactylopteridae  flying gurnards
  subtype:  family_Balistidae__Balistidae  triggerfishes
  subtype:  family_Monocanthidae__Monocanthidae  filefishes
  subtype:  family_Ostraciidae__Ostraciidae__family_Ostraciontidae  boxfishes
  subtype:  family_Tetraodontidae__Tetraodontidae  puffers
  subtype:  family_Diodontidae__Diodontidae  spiny puffers
  subtype:  family_Molidae__Molidae  ocean sunfishes
  subtype:  family_Pleuronectidae__Pleuronectidae  righteye flounders
  subtype:  family_Bothidae__Bothidae  a family of fish of the order Heterosomata
  subtype:  family_Cynoglossidae__Cynoglossidae  tonguefishes
  subtype:  family_Soleidae__Soleidae  soles

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