#superorder_Acanthopterygii__Acanthopterygii  teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays
  supertype:  #animal_order  the order of animals
  member of:  #subclass_Teleostei
  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

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