#subclass_Teleostei__Teleostei large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species
supertype: class__clas (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
member of: class_Osteichthyes
member: superorder_Malacopterygii__Malacopterygii an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays
member: soft-finned_fish__malacopterygian any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii
member: whitebait the edible young of especially herrings and sprats and smelts
member: order_Cypriniformes__Cypriniformes an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi
member: cypriniform_fish__cypriniformfish a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes
member: family_Cobitidae__Cobitidae loaches
member: loach slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes
member: family_Cyprinidae__Cyprinidae a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace
member: cyprinid_fish__cyprinid soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales
member: carp any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae
member: genus_Cyprinus__Cyprinus type genus of the family Cyprinidae: carp
member: domestic_carp__Cyprinus_carpio large Old World freshwater bottom-feeding fish introduced into Europe from Asia; inhabits ponds and sluggish streams and often raised for food; introduced into United States where it has become a pest
member: genus_Abramis__Abramis European fishes
member: European_bream__Abramis_brama European freshwater fish having a flattened body and silvery scales; of little value as food
member: genus_Tinca__Tinca tench
member: tench__Tinca_tinca freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water
member: genus_Leuciscus__Leuciscus a genus of fish including: dace, chub
member: dace__Leuciscus_leuciscus small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body
member: chub__Leuciscus_cephalus European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body
member: genus_Notropis__Notropis shiners
member: common_shiner__silversides__Notropis_cornutus the common North American shiner
member: genus_Notemigonus__Notemigonus golden shiners
member: genus_Rutilus__Rutilus roaches
member: Rutilus_rutilus__roach European freshwater food fish having a greenish back
member: genus_Scardinius__Scardinius rudds
member: rudd__Scardinius_erythrophthalmus European freshwater fish resembling the roach
member: genus_Phoxinus__Phoxinus minnows
member: minnow__Phoxinus_phoxinus very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams
member: genus_Gobio__Gobio true gudgeons
member: gudgeon__gobiogobio small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers
member: genus_Carassius__Carassius goldfish
member: goldfish__Carassius_auratus small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes
member: crucian_carp__cruciancarp__Carassius_carassius__Carassius_vulgaris European carp closely resembling wild goldfish
member: family_Electrophoridae__Electrophoridae small family comprising the electric eels
member: genus_Electrophorus__Electrophorus type genus of the family Electrophoridae; electric eels
member: electric_eel__Electrophorus_electric eel-shaped freshwater fish of South America having electric organs in its body
member: family_Catostomidae__Catostomidae suckers; closely related to the family Cyprinidae
member: catostomid a cypriniform fish of the family Catostomidae
member: sucker mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps
member: genus_Catostomus__Catostomus type genus of the family Catostomidae
member: genus_Ictiobus__Ictiobus buffalo fishes
member: black_buffalo__blackbuffalo__Ictiobus_niger fish of the lower Mississippi
member: genus_Hypentelium__Hypentelium a genus of fish in the family Catostomidae
member: genus_Maxostoma__Maxostoma a genus of fish in the family Catostomidae
member: redhorse_sucker__redhorse North American sucker with reddish fins
member: family_Cyprinodontidae__Cyprinodontidae large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies
member: cyprinodont any member of the family Cyprinodontidae
member: genus_Fundulus__Fundulus killifish
member: mummichog__Fundulus_heteroclitus silver-and-black killifish of saltwater marshes along the United States Atlantic coast
member: striped_killifish__stripedkillifish__mayfish__fundulusmajali black-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of United States Atlantic and Gulf coasts
member: genus_Rivulus killifish
member: rivulus__rivulu found in small streams of tropical America; often kept in aquariums; usually hermaphroditic
member: genus_Jordanella__Jordanella flagfishes
member: American_flagfish__flagfish__Jordanella_floridae flagfish with a dark-blue back and whitish sides with red stripes; found in swamps and streams of Florida
member: genus_Xyphophorus__Xyphophorus swordtails
member: swordtail__helleri__Xyphophorus_helleri freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fish
member: genus_Lebistes__Lebistes guppies
member: family_Poeciliidae__Poeciliidae topminnows
member: topminnow__poeciliid_fish__poeciliidfish__poeciliid__live-bearer small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control
member: genus_Gambusia__Gambusia mosquitofish
member: mosquitofish__Gambusia_affinis silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies; important in mosquito control
member: genus_Platypoecilus__Platypoecilus platys
member: platy__Platypoecilus_maculatus small stocky Mexican fish; popular aquarium fish
member: genus_Mollienesia__Mollienesia mollies
member: mollie__molly popular aquarium fish
member: family_Characidae__Characidae tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and S and Central America
member: characin_fish__characin__characid any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae
member: genus_Hemigrammus__Hemigrammus tetras
member: tetra brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes
member: genus_Paracheirodon__Paracheirodon a genus of Characidae
member: cardinal_tetra__Paracheirodon_axelrodi small bright red and blue aquarium fish from streams in Brazil and Columbia
member: genus_Serrasalmus__Serrasalmus piranhas
member: piranha__pirana__caribe small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals
member: order_Siluriformes__Siluriformes an order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes
member: siluriform_fish__catfish any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
member: family_Siluridae__Siluridae Old World catfishes
member: silurid_fish__siluridfish__silurid Old World freshwater catfishes having naked skin and a long anal fin more or less merged with the eellike caudal fin
member: genus_Silurus__Silurus type genus of the Siluridae: catfishes
member: European_catfish__sheatfish__Silurus_glanis large elongated catfish of central and eastern Europe
member: genus_Malopterurus__Malopterurus electric catfish
member: electric_catfish__Malopterurus_electricus freshwater catfish of the Nile and tropical central Africa having an electric organ
member: family_Ameiuridae__Ameiuridae North American catfishes
member: genus_Ameiurus__Ameiurus type genus of the Ameiuridae: bullhead catfishes
member: bullhead any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States
member: genus_Ictalurus__Ictalurus channel catfishes
member: genus_Pylodictus__Pylodictus flathead catfishes
member: flathead_catfish__mudcat__goujon__shovelnose_catfish__spoonbill_catfish__spoonbillcatfish__Pylodictus_olivaris large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw
member: family_Laricariidae__Laricariidae armored catfish
member: armored_catfish South American catfish having the body covered with bony plates
member: family_Ariidae__Ariidae sea catfishes
member: sea_catfish any of numerous marine fishes most of which are mouthbreeders; not used for food
member: genus_Arius__Arius type genus of the Ariidae: sea catfishes
member: crucifix_fish catfish of the Caribbean area
member: order_Gadiformes__Gadiformes cods, haddocks, grenadiers; in some classifications considered equivalent to the order Anacanthini
member: family_Gadidae__Gadidae large family of important mostly marine food fishes
member: gadoid_fish__gadoid a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae
member: genus_Gadus__Gadus type genus of the Gadidae: the typical codfishes
member: cod__codfish major food fish of arctic and cold-temperate waters
member: genus_Merlangus__Merlangus whitings
member: Merlangus_merlangus__whiting__Gadus_merlangus a food fish of European Atlantic waters resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus
member: genus_Lota__Lota burbot
member: genus_Melanogrammus__Melanogrammus haddock
member: Melanogrammus_aeglefinus__haddock important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to cod but usually smaller
member: genus_Pollachius__Pollachius pollack
member: Pollachius_pollachius__pollack important food and game fish of northern seas especially North Atlantic; related to cod
member: genus_Merluccius__Merluccius hakes
member: genus_Urophycis__Urophycis hakes
member: ling American hakes
member: genus_Molva__Molva ling
member: Molva_molva__ling elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried
member: Brosmius__genus_Browmius cusk
member: family_Macrouridae__Macrouridae__Macruridae__family_Macruridae grenadiers
member: rattail__grenadier__rattail_fish__rattailfish deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail
member: order_Anacanthini__Anacanthini at least partially equivalent to the order Gadiformes in some classifications
member: order_Anguilliformes__Anguilliformes__order_Apodes elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced
member: eel voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins
member: family_Anguillidae__Anguillidae eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn
member: genus_Anguilla__Anguilla type genus of the Anguillidae: eels
member: common_eel__freshwater_eel eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to sea to spawn; found in Europe and America; marketed both fresh and smoked
member: family_Muraenidae__Muraenidae marine eels
member: moray_eel__morayeel__moray family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked
member: family_Congridae__Congridae marine eels
member: conger_eel__conger large somber-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; some used for food
member: order_Isospondyli__Isospondyli most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon
member: family_Gonorhynchidae__Gonorhynchidae coextensive with the genus Gonorhynchus
member: genus_Gonorhynchus__Gonorhynchus slender cylindrical marine fishes lacking air bladders and teeth
member: beaked_salmon__sandfish__Gonorhynchus_gonorhynchus fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand
member: family_Clupeidae__Clupeidae herrings; shad; sardines; etc.
member: clupeid_fish__clupeidfish__clupeid any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas
member: genus_Alosa__Alosa shad
member: shad herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to freshwater to spawn
member: Alosa_pseudoharengus__alewife__Pomolobus_pseudoharengus shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
member: genus_Pomolobus__Pomolobus genus to which the alewife is sometimes assigned
member: genus_Brevoortia__Brevoortia menhaden
member: menhaden__Brevoortia_tyrannis shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer
member: genus_Clupea__Clupea type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings
member: Clupea_harangus__herring commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
member: Atlantic_herring__Clupea_harengus_harengus important food fish; found in enormous shoals in North Atlantic
member: Pacific_herring__Clupea_harengus_pallasii important food fish of the north Pacific
member: Clupea_sprattus__brisling__sprat small herring processed like a sardine
member: genus_Sardina__Sardina__genus_Sardinia pilchards
member: Sardina_pilchardus__pilchard__sardine small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring
member: genus_Sardinops__Sardinops pilchards
member: Pacific_sardine__Sardinops_caerulea small pilchards common off the pacific coast of North America
member: family_Engraulidae__Engraulidae anchovies
member: anchovy small herring-like plankton-feeding fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide
member: family_Salmonidae__Salmonidae salmon and trout
member: salmonid soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters
member: salmon any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
member: genus_Salmo__Salmo type genus of the Salmonidae: salmon and trout
member: Salmo_salar__Atlantic_salmon found in northern coastal Atlantic waters or tributaries; adults do not die after spawning
member: brown_trout__browntrout__salmon_trout__Salmo_trutta speckled trout of European rivers; introduced in North America
member: Salmo_gairdneri__rainbow_trout__rainbowtrout found in Pacific coastal waters and streams from lower California to Alaska
member: genus_Onchorynchus__Onchorynchus sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; coho salmon
member: blueback_salmon__sockeye__sockeyesalmon__redsalmon__Onchorynchus_nerka small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the north Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning
member: quinnat_salmon__quinnatsalmon__chinook__chinooksalmon__king_salmon__Onchorynchus_tshawtscha large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
member: blue_jack__coho__cohoe__coho_salmon__silver_salmon__Onchorynchus_kisutch small salmon of north Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes
member: genus_Salvelinus__Salvelinus brook trout
member: Salvelinus_namaycush__lake_trout__salmon_trout large fork-tailed trout of lakes of Canada and the northern United States
member: Salvelinus_fontinalis__brook_trout__speckled_trout North American freshwater trout; introduced in Europe
member: char any of several small-scaled trout
member: family_Coregonidae__Coregonidae soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae
member: whitefish silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere
member: genus_Coregonus__Coregonus type genus of the Coregonidae: whitefishes
member: lake_whitefish__Coregonus_clupeaformis found in Great Lakes and north to Alaska
member: Coregonus_artedi__cisco__lake_herring important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America
member: genus_Prosopium__Prosopium whitefishes
member: round_whitefish__Menominee_whitefish__Prosopium_cylindraceum bronze-backed whitefish of northern North America and Siberia
member: Rocky_Mountain_whitefish__Prosopium_williamsonii whitefish of the western United States and Canada
member: family_Osmeridae__Osmeridae smelts
member: smelt small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters
member: genus_Osmerus__Osmerus type genus of the Osmeridae
member: rainbow_smelt__rainbowsmelt__Osmerus_mordax important marine and landlocked food fish of eastern North America and Alaska
member: Osmerus_eperlanus__sparling__European_smelt the common smelt of Europe
member: genus_Mallotus__Mallotus capelins
member: capelin__capelan__caplin very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes
member: family_Elopidae__Elopidae tarpons and ladyfishes
member: genus_Tarpon tarpons
member: tarpon__Tarpon_atlanticus large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida
member: genus_Elops__Elops type genus of the Elopidae: tenpounder
member: ladyfish__tenpounder__Elops_saurus game fish resembling the tarpon but smaller
member: family_Albulidae__Albulidae bonefish
member: genus_Albula__Albula type and sole genus of the family Albulidae
member: bonefish__Albula_vulpes slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons
member: family_Argentinidae__Argentinidae small marine soft-finned fishes with long silvery bodies; related to salmons and trouts
member: genus_Argentina__Argentina type genus of the Argentinidae: argentines
member: argentine any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes
member: family_Myctophidae__Myctophidae deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes
member: lanternfish small fish having rows of luminous organs along each side; some surface at night
member: family_Synodontidae__Synodontidae soft-finned bottom-dwelling fishes
member: lizardfish__snakefish tropical fishes with large mouths in lizard-like heads; found worldwide
member: family_Chlorophthalmidae__Chlorophthalmidae small family of soft-finned bottom-livers with large eyes; relatives of lizardfishes
member: greeneye bottom-livers having large eyes with metallic green luster
member: family_Lampridae__Lampridae opahs
member: genus_Lampris__Lampris type genus of the Lampridae
member: opah__moonfish__Lampris_regius large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean
member: New_World_opah__Lampris_guttatus from Nova Scotia to West Indies and Gulf of Mexico
member: family_Trachipteridae__Trachipteridae ribbonfishes
member: ribbonfish marine fish having a long compressed ribbon-like body
member: genus_Trachipterus__Trachipterus type genus of the Trachipteridae
member: dealfish__Trachipterus_arcticus deep-sea ribbonfish
member: family_Regalecidae__Regalecidae ribbonfishes
member: Reglaecus__genus_Regalecus type genus of the Regalecidae
member: oarfish__king_of_the_herring__ribbonfish__Regalecus_glesne thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin
member: order_Solenichthyes__Solenichthyes bellows fishes; shrimpfishes; cornetfishes; pipefishes; small order of chiefly tropical marine fishes of varied and bizarre form all having a small mouth at the end of a drawn-out tubular snout
member: family_Fistulariidae__Fistulariidae cornetfishes
member: genus_Fistularia__Fistularia type genus of the family Fistulariidae
member: cornetfish slender tropical fish with a long tubular snout and bony plates instead of scales
member: family_Gasterosteidae__Gasterosteidae sticklebacks
member: stickleback__prickleback small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research
member: Gasterosteus__genus_gasterosteus type genus of the family Gasterosteidae
member: three-spined_stickleback__Gasterosteus_aculeatus of rivers and coastal regions
member: ten-spined_stickleback__Gasterosteus_pungitius confined to rivers
member: family_Syngnathidae__Syngnathidae pipefishes
member: pipefish__needlefish fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates
member: genus_Syngnathus__Syngnathus type genus of the family Syngnathidae
member: dwarf_pipefish__dwarfpipefish__Syngnathus_hildebrandi small (4 inches) fish found off Florida gulf coast
member: genus_Cosmocampus__Cosmocampus a genus of fish in the family Syngnathidae
member: deepwater_pipefish__deepwaterpipefish__Cosmocampus_profundus 8 inches; from eastern Florida to western Caribbean
member: genus_Hippocampus__Hippocampus seahorses
member: seahorse__sea_horse__seahorse small fish with horselike heads bent sharply downward and curled tails; swim in upright position
member: family_Macrorhamphosidae__Macrorhamphosidae bellows fishes
member: snipefish__bellows_fish__bellowsfish small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth
member: family_Centriscidae__Centriscidae shrimpfishes
member: shrimpfish slender tropical shallow-water East Indian fish covered with transparent plates
member: family_Aulostomidae__Aulostomidae trumpetfishes
member: genus_Aulostomus__Aulostomus type genus of the Aulostomidae
member: trumpetfish__aulostomusmaculatu tropical Atlantic fish with a long snout; swims snout down
member: leptocephalus__leptocephalu slender transparent larva of eels and certain fishes
member: teleost_fish__teleostfish__teleost__teleostan a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei
member: genus_Alepisaurus__Alepisaurus slender scaleless predaceous tropical deep-sea fishes
member: lancetfish__lancet_fish__wolffish large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long sail-like dorsal fin
member: handsaw_fish__handsawfish a soft-finned fish of the genus Alepisaurus
member: order_Synentognathi__Synentognathi order of fishes having spineless fins; needlefishes; sauries; flying fishes; halfbeaks
member: family_Belonidae__Belonidae ferocious fishes of warm regions resembling but unrelated to the freshwater gars
member: needlefish__gar__billfish elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
member: family_Exocoetidae__Exocoetidae flying fishes; closely related to the halfbeaks
member: flying_fish tropical marine fishes having enlarged winglike fins used for brief gliding flight
member: family_Hemiramphidae__Hemiramphidae halfbeaks; marine and freshwater fishes closely related to the flying fishes but not able to glide
member: halfbeak tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw
member: family_Scomberesocidae__Scomberesocidae__Scombresocidae__family_Scombresocidae only sauries
member: genus_Scomberesox__Scomberesox__Scombresox__genus_Scombresox a genus of Scomberesocidae
member: saury__billfish__Scomberesox_saurus slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters
member: superorder_Acanthopterygii__Acanthopterygii teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays
member: order_Berycomorphi__Berycomorphi an order of spiny-finned fish in the superorder Acanthopterygii
member: family_Holocentridae__Holocentridae squirrelfishes and soldierfishes
member: genus_Holocentrus__Holocentrus type genus of the family Holocentridae; squirrelfishes
member: reef_squirrelfish__Holocentrus_coruscus on reefs from Bermuda and Florida to northern South America
member: deepwater_squirrelfish__deepwatersquirrelfish__Holocentrus_bullisi a squirrelfish found from South Carolina to Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico
member: Holocentrus_ascensionis bright red fish of West Indies and Bermuda
member: squirrelfish very small brightly colored (especially red) nocturnal fishes of shallow waters of tropical reefs; they make sounds like a squirrel's bark
member: family_Anomalopidae__Anomalopidae a family of fish including: flashlight fishes
member: genus_Anomalops type genus of the family Anomalopidae
member: anomalops__anomalop__flashlight_fish fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; of warm waters of the western Pacific and Puerto Rico
member: genus_Krypterophaneron__Krypterophaneron a genus of fish in the family Anomalopidae
member: genus_Photoblepharon__Photoblepharon a genus of fish in the family Anomalopidae
member: order_Zeomorphi__Zeomorphi dories
member: family_Zeidae__Zeidae a family of fish in the order Zeomorphi
member: dory marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters
member: genus_Zeus__Zeus type genus of the family Zeidae
member: John_dory__Zeus_faber European dory
member: family_Caproidae__Caproidae boarfishes
member: genus_Capros__Capros a genus of fish in the family Caproidae
member: Capros_aper__boarfish fish with a projecting snout
member: genus_Antigonia__Antigonia a genus of fish in the family Caproidae
member: boarfish fish with large eyes and long snouts
member: order_Pediculati__Pediculati anglers and batfishes; spiny-finned marine fishes having pectoral fins at the ends of armlike processes and a long movable spine on the dorsal fin to lure prey to the large mouth
member: family_Ogcocephalidae__Ogcocephalidae batfishes: sluggish bottom-dwelling spiny fishes
member: batfish bottom-dweller of warm western Atlantic coastal waters having a flattened scaleless body that crawls about on fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins
member: family_Lophiidae__Lophiidae large-headed marine fishes comprising the anglers
member: genus_Lophius__Lophius type genus of family Lophiidae
member: goosefish__angler__anglerfish__angler_fish__monkfish__lotte__allmouth__Lophius_Americanus fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
member: family_Batrachoididae__Batrachoididae toadfishes; related to anglers and batfishes
member: toadfish__Opsanus_tau bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth
member: family_Antennariidae__Antennariidae frogfishes; tropical spiny-finned marine fishes having large nearly vertical mouths; related to toadfishes and anglers
member: frogfish fish having a frog-like mouth with a lure on the snout
member: sargassum_fish__sargassumfish small fantastically formed and colored fishes found among masses of sargassum
member: spiny-finned_fish__acanthopterygian a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
member: order_Perciformes__Perciformes__Percomorphi__order_Percomorphi one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna
member: suborder_Percoidea__Percoidea in some classifications nearly or exactly equivalent to the Perciformes which are considered a suborder
member: family_Sillaginidae__Sillaginidae small family of small food fishes in shallow waters of the Pacific around Indonesia
member: genus_Sillago__Sillago type genus of the Sillaginidae
member: whiting.percoid_fish a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish
member: percoid_fish__percoidfish__percoid__percoidean any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
member: perch.percoid_fish any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes
member: family_Percidae__Percidae active freshwater fishes; true perches and pike perches
member: perch_flesh__perch spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes
member: genus_Perca__Perca type genus of the Percidae
member: yellow_perch__Perca_flavescens North American perch
member: European_perch__Perca_fluviatilis a perch native to Europe
member: genus_Stizostedion__Stizostedion pikeperches
member: pikeperch__pike_perch any of several pike-like fishes of the perch family
member: genus_Percina__Percina a genus of Percidae
member: snail_darter__snaildarter__Percina_tanasi 3-inch snail-eating perch of the Tennessee River
member: family_Trichodontidae__Trichodontidae two species of elongate compressed scaleless large-eyed fishes that live in sand or mud
member: sandfish either of two small silvery scaleless fishes of the north Pacific that burrow into sand
member: family_Ophidiidae__Ophidiidae eel-like marine fishes
member: cusk-eel elongate compressed somewhat eel-shaped fishes
member: family_Brotulidae__Brotulidae chiefly deep-sea fishes related to the Ophidiidae
member: brotula deep-sea fishes
member: family_Carapidae__Carapidae pearlfishes: related to the Brotulidae
member: pearlfish found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds
member: family_Centropomidae__Centropomidae a family of fish or the order Perciformes including robolos
member: robolo a kind of percoid fish
member: genus_Centropomus__Centropomus type genus of the Centropomidae: snooks
member: snook large tropical American food and game fishes of coastal and brackish waters; resemble pike
member: family_Esocidae__Esocidae pikes; pickerels; muskellunges
member: genus_Esox__Esox type and only genus of the family Esocidae
member: pike any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere
member: family_Centrarchidae__Centrarchidae sunfish family
member: centrarchid__sunfish small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed
member: genus_Pomoxis__Pomoxis crappies
member: crappie small sunfishes of central United States rivers
member: genus_Lepomis__Lepomis bream
member: pumpkinseed__Lepomis_gibbosus small brilliantly colored North American sunfish
member: bluegill__Lepomis_macrochirus important edible sunfish of eastern and central United States
member: spotted_sunfish__spottedsunfish__stumpknocker__Lepomis_punctatus inhabits streams from South Carolina to Florida; esteemed panfish
member: genus_Ambloplites__Ambloplites a genus of Centrarchidae
member: rock_bass__rock_sunfish__Ambloplites_rupestris game and food fish of upper Mississippi and Great Lakes
member: freshwater_bass North American food and game fish
member: genus_Micropterus__Micropterus American freshwater black basses
member: black_bass widely distributed and highly prized American freshwater game fishes (sunfish family)
member: freshwater_bream__bream any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis
member: family_Serranidae__Serranidae marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish
member: serranid_fish__serranid marine food sport fishes mainly of warm coastal waters
member: genus_Morone__Morone carnivorous fresh and salt water fishes
member: white_perch__whiteperch__silver_perch__Morone_americana small silvery food and game fish of eastern United States streams
member: yellow_bass__Morone_interrupta North American freshwater bass resembling the larger marine striped bass
member: sea_bass any of various food and sport fishes of the United States Atlantic coast having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin
member: genus_Synagrops__Synagrops a genus of Serranidae
member: blackmouth_bass__Synagrops_bellus small marine fish with black mouth and gill cavity
member: genus_Centropristis__Centropristis sea basses
member: rock_sea_bass__rock_bass__Centropristis_philadelphica a kind of sea bass
member: black_sea_bass__black_bass__Centropistes_striata bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United States
member: genus_Roccus__Roccus a genus of Serranidae
member: Roccus_saxatilis__striped_bass__striper__rockfish marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone
member: genus_Polyprion__Polyprion wreckfish
member: stone_bass__wreckfish__Polyprion_americanus brown fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean found around rocks and shipwrecks
member: genus_Serranus__Serranus type genus of the Serranidae: mostly small Pacific sea basses
member: belted_sandfish__Serranus_subligarius found in warm shallow waters of western Atlantic
member: genus_Epinephelus__Epinephelus genus of groupers or sea bass
member: Epinephelus_fulvus__coney black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins
member: hind.grouper any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers
member: rock_hind__Epinephelus_adscensionis found around rocky coasts or on reefs
member: genus_Paranthias__Paranthias a genus of Serranidae
member: creole-fish__Paranthias_furcifer deep-sea fish of tropical Atlantic
member: genus_Mycteroperca__Mycteroperca groupers
member: jewfish__mycteropercabonaci large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scales
member: genus_Rypticus__Rypticus a genus of fish of the family Serranidae, including soapfishes
member: soapfish fishes with slimy mucus-covered skin; found in warm American Atlantic coastal waters
member: family_Embiotocidae__Embiotocidae viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes
member: surfperch__surffish__surf_fish small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the North American Pacific coast
member: genus_Hipsurus__Hipsurus a genus of Embiotocidae
member: rainbow_seaperch__rainbowseaperch__rainbow_perch__rainbowperch__Hipsurus_caryi Pacific coast fish
member: family_Priacanthidae__Priacanthidae small carnivorous percoid fishes found worldwide in tropical seas
member: genus_Priacanthus__Priacanthus type genus of the Priacanthidae
member: bigeye red fishes of American coastal tropical waters having very large eyes and rough scales
member: catalufa__Priacanthus_arenatus brightly colored carnivorous fish of western Atlantic and West Indies waters
member: family_Apogonidae__Apogonidae bright-colored marine fishes that incubate eggs in the mouth
member: cardinalfish small red fishes of coral reefs and inshore tropical waters
member: genus_Apogon__Apogon type genus of the Apogonidae
member: genus_Astropogon__Astropogon a genus of fish of the family Apogonidae
member: family_Malacanthidae__Malacanthidae short-headed marine fishes; often brightly colored
member: genus_Lopholatilus__Lopholatilus large brightly colored food fish of deep Atlantic waters
member: tilefish__Lopholatilus_chamaeleonticeps yellow-spotted violet food fish of warm deep waters
member: family_Pomatomidae__Pomatomidae food and game fishes related to pompanos
member: genus_Pomatomus__Pomatomus type genus of the Pomatomidae
member: Pomatomus_saltatrix__bluefish bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow schools of small fishes into shallow waters
member: family_Rachycentridae__Rachycentridae family of pelagic fishes containing solely the cobia
member: genus_Rachycentron__Rachycentron genus and family are coextensive and comprise only the cobia
member: cobia__Rachycentron_canadum__sergeant_fish large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras; found worldwide in coastal to open waters
member: family_Carangidae__Carangidae large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas
member: carangid_fish__carangid a percoid fish of the family Carangidae
member: genus_Caranx__Caranx type genus of the Carangidae
member: jack any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm-temperate seas
member: genus_Elagatis__Elagatis a genus of Carangidae
member: genus_Oligoplites__Oligoplites leatherjackets
member: leatherjack__leatherjacket any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales
member: genus_Alectis__Alectis a genus of Carangidae
member: threadfish__Alectis_ciliaris fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins
member: genus_Selene__Selene a genus of Carangidae
member: genus_Seriola__Seriola a genus of Carangidae
member: amberjack__amberfish any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes
member: yellowtail__Seriola_dorsalis game fish of S California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin
member: banded_rudderfish__rudderfish__Seriola_zonata fish having the habit of following ships; found in North and South American coastal waters
member: genus_Trachinotus__Trachinotus a genus of Carangidae
member: pompano any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
member: genus_Naucrates__Naucrates a genus of Carangidae
member: pilotfish__Naucrates_ductor small pelagic fish often accompanying sharks or mantas
member: scad any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae
member: genus_Trachurus__Trachurus scads especially horse mackerels
member: genus_Selar__Selar big-eyed scad
member: bigeye_scad__big-eyed_scad__goggle-eye__Selar_crumenophthalmus of Atlantic coastal waters; commonly used for bait
member: genus_Decapterus__Decapterus scads especially mackerel scad; cosmopolitan
member: mackerel_scad__mackerel_shad__Decapterus_macarellus small silvery fish; Nova Scotia to Brazil
member: round_scad__roundscad__cigarfish__quiaquia__Decapterus_punctatus small fusiform fish of western Atlantic
member: family_Coryphaenidae__Coryphaenidae large active pelagic percoid fish
member: mahimahi__dolphinfish__dolphin large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)
member: family_Bramidae__Bramidae deep-bodied percoid fishes of the open seas
member: genus_Brama__Brama type genus of the Bramidae
member: pomfret__Brama_raii deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of North Atlantic and North Pacific; valued for food
member: family_Branchiostegidae__Branchiostegidae small family of marine fishes having covered gills
member: blanquillo__tilefish important marine food fishes
member: family_Cichlidae__Cichlidae cichlids
member: cichlid_fish__cichlidfish__cichlid freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariums
member: genus_Tilapia__Tilapia a genus of Cichlidae
member: family_Lutjanidae__Lutjanidae snappers
member: snapper any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters
member: genus_Lutjanus__Lutjanus type genus of the Lutjanidae: snappers
member: Lutjanus_blackfordi__red_snapper esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body; common in American Atlantic coastal waters and Gulf of Mexico
member: gray_snapper__mangrove_snapper__Lutjanus_griseus found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida
member: Lutjanus_apodus__schoolmaster food fish of warm Caribbean and Atlantic waters
member: genus_Ocyurus__Ocyurus snappers
member: yellowtail_snapper__yellowtail__Ocyurus_chrysurus superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail
member: family_Haemulidae__Haemulidae grunts
member: grunt medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter a grunting sound when caught
member: genus_Haemulon__Haemulon type genus of the Haemulidae
member: margate__Haemulon_album red-mouthed grunt found from Florida to Brazil
member: Spanish_grunt__Haemulon_macrostomum a kind of grunt
member: tomtate__Haemulon_aurolineatum found off the West Indies and Florida
member: cottonwick__Haemulon_malanurum of warm Atlantic waters
member: sailor's-choice__sailors_choice__sailorschoice__Haemulon_parra found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of Mexico
member: genus_Anisotremus__Anisotremus a genus of Haemulidae
member: porkfish__Anisotremus_virginicus black and gold grunt found from Bermuda to Caribbean to Brazil
member: genus_Orthopristis__Orthopristis a genus of Haemulidae
member: pigfish__hogfish__Orthopristis_chrysopterus found from Long Island southward
member: family_Sparidae__Sparidae porgies; scups
member: sparid_fish__sparid spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth
member: genus_Pagrus__Pagrus a genus of Sparidae
member: red_porgy__redporgy__Pagrus_pagrus food fish of the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of Europe and America
member: genus_Pagellus__Pagellus sea breams
member: European_sea_bream__Pagellus_centrodontus food fish of European coastal waters
member: genus_Archosargus__Archosargus a genus of Sparidae
member: Atlantic_sea_bream__Archosargus_rhomboidalis sea bream of warm Atlantic waters
member: sheepshead__Archosargus_probatocephalus large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico
member: genus_Lagodon__Lagodon a genus of Sparidae
member: pinfish__sailor's-choice__squirrelfish__Lagodon_rhomboides similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States
member: Calamus__genus_Calamus a genus of Sparidae
member: sheepshead_porgy__Calamus_penna from Florida and Bahamas to Brazil
member: genus_Chrysophrys__Chrysophrys australian snapper
member: Chrysophrys_auratus__snapper Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots
member: black_bream__blackbream__Chrysophrys_australis important dark-colored edible food and game fish of Australia
member: genus_Stenotomus__Stenotomus scups
member: sea_bream__seabream__bream any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae
member: family_Sciaenidae__Sciaenidae warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout
member: sciaenid_fish__sciaenid widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound
member: genus_Equetus__Equetus drumfish
member: striped_drum__stripeddrum__Equetus_pulcher a kind of drumfish
member: jackknife-fish__jackknifefish__Equetus_lanceolatus black-and-white drumfish with an erect elongated dorsal fin
member: genus_Bairdiella__Bairdiella drumfish
member: silver_perch__mademoiselle__Bairdiella_chrysoura small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico
member: genus_Sciaenops__Sciaenops a genus of Sciaenidae
member: red_drum__reddrum__channel_bass__redfish__Sciaenops_ocellatus large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico
member: genus_Sciaena__Sciaena type genus of the Sciaenidae: croakers
member: mulloway__jewfish__sciaenaantarctica large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre
member: maigre__maiger__Sciaena_aquila large European marine food fish
member: genus_Micropogonias__Micropogonias croakers
member: Atlantic_croaker__Micropogonias_undulatus silvery-bodied with dark markings and tiny barbels
member: genus_Umbrina__Umbrina croakers
member: yellowfin_croaker__yellowfincroaker__surffish__surf_fish__Umbrina_roncador fish of North American Pacific coast
member: genus_Menticirrhus__Menticirrhus kingfishes; whiting
member: whiting any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters
member: kingfish any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast
member: king_whiting__Menticirrhus_americanus whiting of the southeastern coast of North America
member: silver_whiting__Menticirrhus_littoralis a dull silvery whiting of southern Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States
member: genus_Genyonemus__Genyonemus a genus of Sciaenidae
member: chenfish__white_croaker__whitecroaker__kingfish__Genyonemus_lineatus small silvery marine food fish found off California
member: genus_Seriphus__Seriphus a genus of Sciaenidae
member: white_croaker__whitecroaker__queenfish__Seriphus_politus silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California coastal waters
member: genus_Cynoscion__Cynoscion sea trout
member: Cynoscion_regalis__weakfish food and game fish of North American coastal waters with a mouth from which hooks easily tear out
member: spotted_weakfish__spottedweakfish__spotted_sea_trout__spottedseatrout__spotted_squeateague__spottedsqueateague__Cynoscion_nebulosus weakfish of southern Atlantic and Gulf coasts of United States
member: family_Mullidae__Mullidae goatfishes or red mullets
member: mullet bottom-dwelling marine warm-water fishes with two barbels on the chin
member: genus_Mullus__Mullus type genus of the Mullidae: goatfishes
member: goatfish__red_mullet__redmullet__surmullet__Mullus_surmuletus brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels
member: red_goatfish__redgoatfish__mullusauratu body bright scarlet with 2 yellow to reddish strips on side
member: genus_Mulloidichthys__Mulloidichthys a genus of Mullidae
member: yellow_goatfish__Mulloidichthys_martinicus schooling goatfish; grayish with yellow stripe
member: suborder_Mugiloidea__Mugiloidea fishes distinguished by abdominal pelvic fins: families Mugilidae; Atherinidae; Sphyraenidae
member: family_Mugilidae__Mugilidae gray mullets
member: gray_mullet__mullet freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide
member: genus_Mugil__Mugil type genus of the Mugilidae: mullets
member: striped_mullet__stripedmullet__Mugil_cephalus most important commercial mullet in eastern United States
member: white_mullet__whitemullet__mugilcurema silvery mullet of Atlantic and Pacific coasts
member: Mugil_liza__liza similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region
member: family_Atherinidae__Atherinidae small spiny-finned fishes of both salt and fresh water
member: silverside__silversides small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; found along the Atlantic coast of the United States
member: genus_Atherinopsis__Atherinopsis a genus of Atherinidae
member: jacksmelt__Atherinopsis_californiensis large silversides of Pacific coast of North America
member: family_Sphyraenidae__Sphyraenidae monotypic family of large active fishes of tropical and subtropical waters: barracuda
member: genus_Sphyraena__Sphyraena type and sole genus of the Sphyraenidae: barracuda
member: family_Kyphosidae__Kyphosidae sea chubs
member: sea_chub__seachub schooling fishes mostly of Indian and western Pacific oceans; two species in western Atlantic
member: genus_Kyphosus__Kyphosus type genus of the Kyphosidae
member: Bermuda_chub__rudderfish__Kyphosus_sectatrix food and game fish around Bermuda and Florida; often follow ships
member: family_Ephippidae__Ephippidae small family comprising the spadefishes
member: genus_Chaetodipterus__Chaetodipterus a genus of Ephippidae
member: spadefish__angelfish__Chaetodipterus_faber deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters
member: family_Chaetodontidae__Chaetodontidae butterfly fishes
member: butterfly_fish__butterflyfish small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins; found worldwide
member: genus_Chaetodon type genus of the Chaetodontidae
member: chaetodon any fish of the genus Chaetodon
member: genus_Pomacanthus__Pomacanthus angelfishes
member: angelfish a butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus
member: family_Pomacentridae__Pomacentridae damselfishes
member: damselfish__demoiselle small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs
member: genus_Pomacentrus__Pomacentrus type genus of the Pomacentridae: damselfishes
member: beaugregory__Pomacentrus_leucostictus blue-and-yellow damselfish of Bermuda Florida and West Indies
member: genus_Amphiprion__Amphiprion damsel fishes
member: anemone_fish__anemonefish live associated with sea anemones
member: clown_anemone_fish__clownanemonefish__Amphiprion_percula an anemone fish of the genus Amphiprion
member: genus_Abudefduf__Abudefduf damsel fishes
member: Abudefduf_saxatilis__sergeant_major large blue-gray black-striped damselfish; nearly worldwide
member: family_Labridae__Labridae wrasses
member: genus_Achoerodus__Achoerodus a genus of Labridae
member: giant_pigfish__giantpigfish__pigfish__Achoerodus_gouldii found around the Great Barrier Reef
member: genus_Lachnolaimus__Lachnolaimus a genus of Labridae
member: genus_Halicoeres__Halicoeres a genus of Labridae
member: slippery_dick__Halicoeres_bivittatus small wrasse of tropical Atlantic
member: puddingwife__Halicoeres_radiatus bluish and bronze wrasse; found from Florida keys to Brazil
member: genus_Thalassoma__Thalassoma a genus of Labridae
member: bluehead__Thalassoma_bifasciatum small Atlantic wrasse the male of which has a brilliant blue head
member: genus_Hemipteronatus__Hemipteronatus razorfishes
member: razorfish any of several small wrasses with compressed sharp-edged heads of the West Indies and Mediterranean
member: pearly_razorfish__Hemipteronatus_novacula a kind of razorfish
member: genus_Tautoga__Tautoga tautogs
member: tautog__blackfish__Tautoga_onitis large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America
member: genus_Tautogolabrus__Tautogolabrus a genus of Labridae
member: cunner__bergall__Tautogolabrus_adspersus common in north Atlantic coastal waters of the United States
member: family_Scaridae__Scaridae parrotfishes
member: parrotfish__pollyfish gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth
member: family_Polynemidae__Polynemidae threadfins
member: threadfin mullet-like tropical marine fishes having pectoral fins with long threadlike rays
member: genus_Polydactylus__Polydactylus a genus of Polynemidae
member: barbu__polydactylusvirginicu found along western Atlantic coast
member: family_Opisthognathidae__Opisthognathidae jawfishes
member: jawfish small large-mouthed tropical marine fishes common along sandy bottoms; males brood egg balls in their mouths; popular aquarium fishes
member: family_Uranoscopidae__Uranoscopidae stargazers
member: stargazer heavy-bodied marine bottom-lurkers with eyes on flattened top of the head
member: suborder_Blennioidea__Blennioidea blennies; butterfishes; gunnels
member: blennioid_fish__blennioidfish__blennioid elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins
member: family_Blenniidae__Blenniidae a family of fish including: combtooth blennies
member: combtooth_blenny__combtoothblenny__blenny small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; territorial and hole-dwelling
member: genus_Blennius__Blennius type genus of the Blenniidae
member: shanny__Blennius_pholis European scaleless blenny
member: genus_Scartella__Scartella a genus of Blenniidae
member: Molly_Miller__Scartella_cristata inhabits both coasts of tropical Atlantic
member: family_Clinidae__Clinidae viviparous blennies of temperate and tropical seas
member: clinid_fish__clinid mostly small blennioid fishes of coral reefs and seagrass beds
member: genus_Chaenopsis__Chaenopsis a genus of fish of the family Clinidae including pikeblennies
member: pikeblenny tropical American fishes; males are aggressively defensive of their territory
member: bluethroat_pikeblenny__Chaenopsis_ocellata found from Florida to Cuba
member: family_Pholidae__Pholidae__family_Pholididae a family of fish of suborder Blennioidea
member: gunnel__bracketed_blenny__bracketedblenny small eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the North Atlantic
member: genus_Pholis__Pholis type genus of the Pholidae: gunnels
member: rock_gunnel__butterfish__Pholis_gunnellus slippery scaleless food fish of North Atlantic coastal waters
member: family_Stichaeidae__Stichaeidae pricklebacks
member: genus_Lumpenus__Lumpenus a genus of Stichaeidae
member: snakeblenny__Lumpenus_lumpretaeformis found in Arctic and North Atlantic
member: eelblenny eellike fishes found in subarctic coastal waters
member: genus_Cryptacanthodes__Cryptacanthodes a genus of Stichaeidae
member: wrymouth__ghostfish__Cryptacanthodes_maculatus eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical mouth
member: family_Anarhichadidae__Anarhichadidae wolffishes
member: genus_Anarhichas__Anarhichas type genus of the Anarhichadidae
member: wolffish__wolf_fish__catfish large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
member: family_Zoarcidae__Zoarcidae eelpouts
member: eelpout__pout marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas
member: genus_Zoarces__Zoarces type genus of the Zoarcidae
member: viviparous_eelpout__Zoarces_viviparus an eelpout of northern Europe that is viviparous
member: genus_Gymnelis__Gymnelis a genus of Zoarcidae
member: fish_doctor__Gymnelis_viridis brightly colored scaleless Arctic eelpout
member: genus_Macrozoarces__Macrozoarces a genus of Zoarcidae
member: ocean_pout__oceanpout__Macrozoarces_americanus common along northeastern coast of North America
member: family_Ammodytidae__Ammodytidae sand lances
member: genus_Ammodytes__Ammodytes type genus of the Ammodytidae
member: sand_lance__sand_launce__sand_eel__launce very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches
member: family_Callionymidae__Callionymidae dragonets
member: dragonet small often brightly colored scaleless marine bottom-dwellers; found in tropical and warm-temperate waters of Europe and America
member: family_Gobiidae__Gobiidae gobies
member: goby__gudgeon small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker
member: genus_Periophthalmus__Periophthalmus a genus of Gobiidae
member: mudskipper__mudspringer found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins
member: family_Eleotridae__Eleotridae sleepers
member: sleeper_goby__sleepergoby__sleeper tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
member: family_Percophidae__Percophidae percoid flatheads
member: flathead pallid bottom-dwelling flat-headed fish with large eyes and a duck-like snout
member: family_Toxotidae__Toxotidae archerfishes
member: genus_Toxotes__Toxotes type genus of the Toxotidae
member: archerfish__Toxotes_jaculatrix any of several small freshwater fishes that catch insects by squirting water at them and knocking them into the water; found in Indonesia and Australia
member: family_Microdesmidae__Microdesmidae wormfishes
member: wormfish poorly known family of small tropical shallow-water fishes related to gobies
member: family_Acanthuridae__Acanthuridae surgeonfishes
member: surgeonfish brightly colored coral-reef fish with knifelike spines at the tail
member: genus_Acanthurus__Acanthurus type genus of the Acanthuridae: doctorfishes
member: doctorfish__Acanthurus_chirurgus surgeon fish of the West Indies
member: family_Gempylidae__Gempylidae snake mackerels
member: gempylid snake mackerels; elongated marine fishes with oily flesh; resembles mackerels; found worldwide
member: genus_Gempylus__Gempylus type genus of the Gempylidae
member: snake_mackerel__snakemackerel__Gempylus_serpens predatory tropical fishes with jutting jaws and strong teeth
member: genus_Lepidocybium__Lepidocybium a genus of Gempylidae
member: escolar__Lepidocybium_flavobrunneum large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes
member: family_Trichiuridae__Trichiuridae cutlassfishes
member: cutlassfish__frost_fish__frostfish__hairtail long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel
member: suborder_Scombroidea__Scombroidea mackerels; tunas; albacores; bonitos; swordfishes; sailfishes
member: scombroid_fish__scombroidfish__scombroid important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters
member: family_Scombridae__Scombridae marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna
member: mackerel any of various fishes of the family Scombridae
member: genus_Scomber__Scomber type genus of the Scombridae
member: common_mackerel__shiner__Scomber_scombrus important food fish of the North Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales
member: Scomber_colias__Spanish_mackerel medium-sized mackerel of temperate Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
member: chub_mackerel__tinker__Scomber_japonicus small mackerel found nearly worldwide
member: genus_Acanthocybium__Acanthocybium wahoos
member: Acanthocybium_solandri__wahoo large fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found worldwide
member: genus_Scomberomorus__Scomberomorus Spanish mackerels
member: Spanish_mackerel any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus
member: king_mackerel__cavalla__cero__Scomberomorus_cavalla large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast south to Brazil
member: Scomberomorus_maculatus large commercially important mackerel of American Atlantic coastal waters
member: cero__pintado__kingfish__Scomberomorus_regalis large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters
member: genus_Thunnus__Thunnus tunas: warm-blooded fishes
member: tuna__tunny any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters
member: horse_mackerel__horsemackerel__bluefin__bluefin_tuna__bluefintuna__Thunnus_thynnus largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics
member: yellowfin_tuna__yellowfintuna__yellowfin__Thunnus_albacares may reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics
member: genus_Sarda__Sarda bonitos
member: bonito any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas
member: skipjack__Atlantic_bonito__Sarda_sarda medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
member: Chile_bonito__Chilean_bonito__Sarda_chiliensis common bonito of Pacific coast of the Americas; its dark oily flesh cans well
member: Pacific_bonito__Sarda_lineolata__sardalineolata probably a northern strain of Chile bonito
member: genus_Euthynnus__Euthynnus a genus of Scombridae
member: skipjack_tuna__skipjack__Euthynnus_pelamis oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito
member: genus_Katsuwonus__Katsuwonus oceanic bonitos; in some classifications placed in its own family Katsuwonidae
member: oceanic_bonito__oceanicbonito__bonito__Katsuwonus_pelamis fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna
member: Katsuwonidae__family_Kasuwonidae in some classifications considered a separate family comprising the oceanic bonitos
member: family_Xiphiidae__Xiphiidae comprising the common swordfishes
member: genus_Xiphias__Xiphias type genus of the Xiphiidae
member: Xiphias_gladius__swordfish large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw; not completely cold-blooded i.e. they are able to warm their brains and eyes: worldwide in warm waters but feed on cold ocean floor coming to surface at night
member: family_Istiophoridae__Istiophoridae sailfishes; spearfishes; marlins
member: sailfish large pelagic game fish having an elongated upper jaw and long sail-like dorsal fin
member: genus_Istiophorus__Istiophorus type genus of the Istiophoridae
member: Atlantic_sailfish__Istiophorus_albicans a kind of sailfish
member: billfish giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
member: genus_Makaira__Makaira marlins
member: marlin__spearfish large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm their brains and eyes
member: genus_Tetrapturus__Tetrapturus a genus of Istiophoridae
member: spearfish any of several large vigorous pelagic fishes resembling sailfishes but with first dorsal fin much reduced; worldwide but rare
member: family_Luvaridae__Luvaridae louvars
member: genus_Luvarus__Luvarus type genus of the Luvaridae
member: louvar__Luvarus_imperialis large silvery fish found worldwide in warm seas but nowhere common; resembles a whale and feeds on plankton
member: family_Stromateidae__Stromateidae butterfishes: harvest fishes; dollar fishes
member: stromateid_fish__butterfish__stromateid small marine fish with a short smooth-scaled compressed body and feeble spines
member: genus_Poronotus__Poronotus a genus of Stromateidae
member: dollarfish__Poronotus_triacanthus small food fish of Atlantic coast
member: genus_Palometa a genus of Stromateidae
member: palometa__California_pompano__Palometa_simillima smaller than Florida pompano; common in West Indies
member: genus_Paprilus__Paprilus a genus of Stromateidae
member: harvestfish__Paprilus_alepidotus butterfish up to a foot long of Atlantic waters from Chesapeake Bay to Argentina
member: genus_Psenes__Psenes a genus of Stromateidae
member: driftfish small (6 inches) tropical butterfishes found worldwide
member: genus_Ariomma__Ariomma a genus of Stromateidae
member: driftfish.stromateid_fish larger driftfishes of eastern Atlantic from the New York area to the northern Gulf of Mexico
member: genus_Tetragonurus__Tetragonurus a genus of Stromateidae
member: squaretail sluggish square-tailed fish armored with tough bony scales; of deep warm waters
member: genus_Hyperoglyphe__Hyperoglyphe a genus of Stromateidae
member: barrelfish__black_rudderfish__blackrudderfish__Hyperglyphe_perciformis blackish fish of New England waters
member: family_Gobiesocidae__Gobiesocidae clingfishes
member: genus_Gobiesox__Gobiesox type genus of the Gobiesocidae
member: clingfish very small (to 3 inches) flattened marine fish with a sucking disc on the abdomen for clinging to rocks etc.
member: family_Lobotidae__Lobotidae tripletails
member: genus_Lobotes__Lobotes type genus of the Lobotidae
member: tripletail large food fish of warm waters worldwide having long anal and dorsal fins that with caudal fin suggest a three-lobed tail
member: family_Gerreidae__Gerreidae__Gerridae__family_Gerridae mojarras
member: mojarra small silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found in warm coastal waters
member: genus_Gerres__Gerres type genus of the Gerreidae
member: yellowfin_mojarra__yellowfinmojarra__Gerres_cinereus popular panfish from Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico to Brazil
member: genus_Eucinostomus__Eucinostomus a genus of Gerreidae
member: silver_jenny__Eucinostomus_gula silvery mojarra found along sandy shores of the western Atlantic
member: order_Discocephali__Discocephali small order of fishes comprising the remoras
member: family_Echeneididae__Echeneididae__family_Echeneidae fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships
member: remora__suckerfish__sucking_fish__suckingfish marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects
member: genus_Echeneis__Echeneis type genus of the Echeneididae: typical remoras
member: sharksucker__Echeneis_naucrates remoras found attached to sharks
member: genus_Remilegia__Remilegia a genus of Echeneididae
member: whalesucker__Remilegia_australis large blue Pacific remora that attaches to whales and dolphins
member: order_Scleroparei__Scleroparei scorpionfishes; sculpins; gurnards; greenlings; flying gurnards
member: family_Agonidae__Agonidae poachers
member: sea_poacher__seapoacher__poacher__sea_poker__seapoker small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper north Pacific waters
member: genus_Agonus__Agonus type genus of the Agonidae
member: pogge__armed_bullhead__armedbullhead__Agonus_cataphractus North Atlantic sea poacher
member: genus_Aspidophoroides__Aspidophoroides alligatorfishes
member: alligatorfish__Aspidophoroides_monopterygius small very elongate sea poachers
member: family_Hexagrammidae__Hexagrammidae greenlings
member: greenling food fish of the northern Pacific
member: genus_Hexagrammos__Hexagrammos type genus of the Hexagrammidae
member: kelp_greenling__Hexagrammos_decagrammus common food and sport fish of western coast of North America
member: genus_Oxylebius__Oxylebius a genus of Hexagrammidae
member: painted_greenling__paintedgreenling__convictfish__Oxylebius_pictus greenling with whitish body marked with black bands
member: family_Dactylopteridae__Dactylopteridae flying gurnards
member: genus_Dactylopterus__Dactylopterus a genus of Dactylopteridae
member: flying_gurnard__flying_robin__butterflyfish tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins
member: suborder_Scorpaenoidea__Scorpaenoidea mail-cheeked fishes: scorpionfishes; gurnards
member: family_Ophiodontidae__Ophiodontidae fishes closely related to greenlings
member: genus_Ophiodon__Ophiodon a genus of Ophiodontidae
member: Ophiodon_elongatus__lingcod food fish of Northern Pacific waters related to greenlings
member: scorpaenoid_fish__scorpaenoidfish__scorpaenoid fishes having the the head armored with bony plates
member: family_Cottidae__Cottidae sculpins
member: genus_Cottus__Cottus type genus of the Cottidae: sculpins
member: bullhead.sculpin freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head with hornlike spines
member: miller's-thumb small freshwater sculpin of Europe and North America
member: sculpin any of numerous spiny large-headed broad-mouthed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes
member: genus_Hemitripterus__Hemitripterus sea ravens
member: sea_raven__searaven__Hemitripterus_americanus large sculpin of western Atlantic; inflates itself when caught
member: genus_Myxocephalus__Myxocephalus grubby
member: grubby__Myxocephalus_aenaeus small sculpin of the coast of New England
member: family_Cyclopteridae__Cyclopteridae lumpfishes
member: genus_Cyclopterus__Cyclopterus type genus of the Cyclopteridae: lumpfishes
member: lumpfish__Cyclopterus_lumpus clumsy soft thick-bodied North Atlantic fish with pelvic fins fused into a sucker; edible roe used for caviar
member: family_Liparididae__Liparididae__Liparidae__family_Liparidae snailfishes
member: Liparis__genus_Liparis type genus of the Liparididae: snailfishes
member: snailfish__seasnail__sea_snail__seasnail__Liparis_liparis small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish
member: family_Platycephalidae__Platycephalidae scorpaenoid flatheads
member: flathead.scorpaenoid_fish food fish of the Indonesian region of the Pacific; resembles gurnards
member: family_Triglidae__Triglidae in some classifications restricted to the gurnards and subdivided into the subfamilies Triglinae (true sea robins) and Peristediinae (armored sea robins)
member: gurnard bottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armored heads and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom
member: genus_Triga__Triga type genus of the Triglidae
member: tub_gurnard__tubgurnard__yellow_gurnard__Trigla_lucerna a kind of gurnard
member: subfamily_Triglinae__Triglinae in some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising searobins having ordinary scales and no barbels (true searobins)
member: genus_Prionotus__Prionotus a genus of Triglidae
member: northern_sea_robin__Prionotus_carolinus large searobin; found from Nova Scotia to Florida
member: subfamily_Peristediinae__Peristediinae in some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising the armored searobins
member: genus_Peristedion__Peristedion in some classifications the type genus of the subfamily Peristediinae: armored sea robins
member: armored_searobin__armoredsearobin__armored_sea_robin__armoredsearobin__Peristedion_miniatum sea robins having bony scutes on the body and barbels on the chin; found mostly on the continental slope
member: order_Plectognathi__Plectognathi__order_Tetraodontiformes boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers
member: plectognath_fish__plectognathfish__plectognath tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines
member: family_Balistidae__Balistidae triggerfishes
member: triggerfish any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal fin
member: genus_Balistes__Balistes type genus of the Balistidae
member: queen_triggerfish__queentriggerfish__Bessy_cerca__oldwench__oldwife__balistesvetula tropical Atlantic fish
member: filefish narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine
member: family_Monocanthidae__Monocanthidae filefishes
member: genus_Monocanthus__Monocanthus type genus of the Monocanthidae
member: leatherfish__leatherjacket any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes
member: family_Ostraciidae__Ostraciidae__family_Ostraciontidae boxfishes
member: boxfish__trunkfish any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates
member: genus_Lactophrys__Lactophrys a genus of Ostraciidae
member: cowfish__Lactophrys_quadricornis trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes
member: family_Tetraodontidae__Tetraodontidae puffers
member: puffer__blowfish__globefish any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers
member: family_Diodontidae__Diodontidae spiny puffers
member: spiny_puffer__spinypuffer puffers having rigid or erectile spines
member: genus_Diodon__Diodon type genus of the Diodontidae
member: porcupinefish__porcupine_fish__porcupinefish__Diodon_hystrix spines become erect when the body is inflated; worldwide in warm waters
member: balloonfish__Diodon_holocanthus similar to but smaller than porcupinefish
member: genus_Chilomycterus__Chilomycterus burrfishes
member: burrfish any of several fishes having rigid flattened spines
member: family_Molidae__Molidae ocean sunfishes
member: genus_Mola type genus of the Molidae
member: ocean_sunfish__oceansunfish__sunfish__headfish among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters
member: order_Heterosomata__Heterosomata__order_Pleuronectiformes flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes
member: flatfish any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side
member: family_Pleuronectidae__Pleuronectidae righteye flounders
member: righteye_flounder__righteyed_flounder__righteyedflounder flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head
member: genus_Pleuronectes__Pleuronectes type genus of the Pleuronectidae
member: Pleuronectes_platessa__plaice large European food fish
member: genus_Platichthys__Platichthys a genus of Pleuronectidae
member: European_flatfish__Platichthys_flesus important food fish of Europe
member: genus_Limanda__Limanda a genus of Pleuronectidae
member: Limanda_ferruginea__yellowtail_flounder American flounder having a yellowish tail
member: genus_Pseudopleuronectes__Pseudopleuronectes a genus of Pleuronectidae
member: genus_Microstomus__Microstomus a genus of Pleuronectidae
member: Microstomus_kitt__lemon_sole__lemonsole European flatfish highly valued as food
member: genus_Hippoglossoides__Hippoglossoides a genus of Pleuronectidae
member: genus_Hippoglossus__Hippoglossus halibuts
member: family_Bothidae__Bothidae a family of fish of the order Heterosomata
member: lefteye_flounder__lefteyeflounder__lefteyed_flounder flatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the head
member: genus_Paralichthys__Paralichthys a genus of Bothidae
member: southern_flounder__Paralichthys_lethostigmus flounder of southern United States
member: summer_flounder__Paralichthys_dentatus flounder of eastern coast of North America
member: genus_Etropus__Etropus a genus of Bothidae
member: gray_flounder__Etropus_rimosus flounder found from North Carolina to Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico
member: genus_Citharichthys__Citharichthys a genus of Bothidae
member: whiff.lefteye_flounder a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
member: sand_dab small food fishes of the Pacific coast of North America
member: genus_Scophthalmus__Scophthalmus a genus of Bothidae
member: Scophthalmus_aquosus__windowpane very thin translucent flounder of the Atlantic coast of North America
member: genus_Psetta__Psetta a genus of Bothidae
member: Psetta_maxima__turbot a large brownish European flatfish
member: family_Cynoglossidae__Cynoglossidae tonguefishes
member: tonguefish left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value
member: family_Soleidae__Soleidae soles
member: sole.flatfish right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European
member: genus_Solea__Solea type genus of the Soleidae
member: European_sole__Solea_solea highly valued as food
member: Solea_lascaris__lemon_sole__lemonsole small European sole
member: genus_Parophrys__Parophrys a genus of Soleidae
member: Parophrys_vitulus__English_sole__lemon_sole__lemonsole popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America
member: genus_Psettichthys__Psettichthys a genus of Soleidae
member: sand_sole__Psettichthys_melanostichus common flatfish of North American Pacific coast
member: genus_Trinectes__Trinectes a genus of Soleidae
member: hogchoker__Trinectes_maculatus useless as food; in coastal streams from Maine to Texas and Panama
member: family_Pempheridae__Pempheridae sweepers
member: sweeper little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body
member: order_Ganoidei__Ganoidei a group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales
member: ganoid_fish__ganoid primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering
member: family_Amiidae__Amiidae only the bowfins
member: genus_Amia__Amia type genus of the Amiidae
member: bowfin__grindle__Amia_calva primitive long-bodies carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America
member: family_Polyodontidae__Polyodontidae paddlefishes
member: genus_Polyodon__Polyodon type genus of the Polyodontidae
member: paddlefish__duckbill__Polyodon_spathula primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout
member: genus_Psephurus__Psephurus a genus of Polyodontidae
member: Chinese_paddlefish__Psephurus_gladis fish of larger rivers of China similar to the Mississippi paddlefish
member: family_Acipenseridae__Acipenseridae sturgeons
member: sturgeon large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in north temperate zone
member: genus_Acipenser__Acipenser type genus of the Acipenseridae: sturgeons
member: Pacific_sturgeon__white_sturgeon__whitesturgeon__Sacramento_sturgeon__Acipenser_transmontanus food and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North America
member: beluga__hausen__white_sturgeon__whitesturgeon__Acipenser_huso valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas
member: family_Lepisosteidae__Lepisosteidae comprises the genus Lepisosteus
member: genus_Lepisosteus__Lepisosteus type genus of the Lepisosteidae: freshwater gars
member: gar__garfish__garpike__billfish__Lepisosteus_osseus primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth
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