#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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