#class_Osteichthyes__Osteichthyes  a class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage
  supertype:  class__clas  (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
  member of:  subphylum_Vertebrata
  member:  bony_fish  any fish of the class Osteichthyes
  member:  subclass_Crossopterygii__Crossopterygii  fishes having paired fins resembling limbs and regarded as ancestral to amphibians
     member:  crossopterygian__lobefin__lobe-finned_fish  any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form
     member:  family_Latimeridae__Latimeridae  extinct except for the coelacanth
        member:  genus_Latimeria__Latimeria  type genus of the Latimeridae: coelacanth
           member:  coelacanth__Latimeria_chalumnae  fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous Period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa
  member:  subclass_Dipnoi__Dipnoi  bony fishes of the southern hemisphere that breathe by a modified air bladder as well as gills; sometimes classified as an order of Crossopterygii
     member:  lungfish  air-breathing fish having an elongated body and fleshy paired fins; certain species construct mucus-lined mud coverings in which to survive drought
     member:  family_Ceratodontidae__Ceratodontidae  lungfishes having hornlike ridges on the teeth
        member:  genus_Ceratodus  type genus of the Ceratodontidae: extinct genus of lungfishes
           member:  ceratodus  extinct lungfish
        member:  genus_Neoceratodus__Neoceratodus  extant Australian lungfishes
           member:  barramunda__barramundi__Neoceratodus_forsteri  large edible Australian lungfish having paddle-shaped fins
  member:  subclass_Teleostei__Teleostei  large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species
     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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