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FISH FAMILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fish family mean? 

FISH FAMILY (noun)
  The noun FISH FAMILY has 1 sense:

1. any of various families of fishplay

  Familiarity information: FISH FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FISH FAMILY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various families of fish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("fish family" is a kind of...):

family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fish family"):

Cobitidae; family Cobitidae (loaches)

Cyprinidae; family Cyprinidae (a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace)

Electrophoridae; family Electrophoridae (small family comprising the electric eels)

Catostomidae; family Catostomidae (suckers; closely related to the family Cyprinidae)

Cyprinodontidae; family Cyprinodontidae (large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies)

family Poeciliidae; Poeciliidae (topminnows)

family Holocentridae; Holocentridae (squirrelfishes and soldierfishes)

Anomalopidae; family Anomalopidae (a family of fish including: flashlight fishes)

family Zeidae; Zeidae (a family of fish in the order Zeomorphi)

Caproidae; family Caproidae (boarfishes)

family Fistulariidae; Fistulariidae (cornetfishes)

family Gasterosteidae; Gasterosteidae (sticklebacks)

family Syngnathidae; Syngnathidae (pipefishes)

family Macrorhamphosidae; Macrorhamphosidae (bellows fishes)

Centriscidae; family Centriscidae (shrimpfishes)

Aulostomidae; family Aulostomidae (trumpetfishes)

family Petromyzontidae; Petromyzontidae (lampreys)

family Myxinidae; Myxinidae (slime-producing marine animals: hagfishes)

Chimaeridae; family Chimaeridae (a family of Holocephali)

family Hexanchidae; Hexanchidae (primitive sharks)

family Lamnidae; Lamnidae (oceanic sharks)

family Isuridae; Isuridae (in some classifications another name for the family Lamnidae)

Cetorhinidae; family Cetorhinidae (in some older classifications considered the family of the basking sharks)

Alopiidae; family Alopiidae (thresher sharks)

family Orectolobidae; Orectolobidae (nurse sharks and carpet sharks)

Carchariidae; family Carchariidae; family Odontaspididae; Odontaspididae (sand sharks; in some classifications coextensive with family Carcharhinidae)

family Rhincodontidae; Rhincodontidae (small-toothed sharks comprising only one species)

family Scyliorhinidae; Scyliorhinidae (small bottom-dwelling sharks)

Carcharhinidae; family Carcharhinidae (largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks)

family Triakidae; Triakidae (small sharks with smooth skins and lacking spines on their dorsal fins)

family Squalidae; Squalidae (dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin)

family Sphyrnidae; Sphyrnidae (hammerhead sharks; bonnethead sharks)

family Squatinidae; Squatinidae (bottom-dwelling ray-like sharks)

family Torpedinidae; Torpedinidae (electric rays)

family Pristidae; Pristidae (large primitive rays with elongated snouts)

family Rhinobatidae; Rhinobatidae (primitive rays with guitar-shaped bodies)

Dasyatidae; family Dasyatidae (sting rays)

family Myliobatidae; Myliobatidae (eagle rays)

family Mobulidae; Mobulidae (large rays lacking venomous spines: mantas)

family Rajidae; Rajidae (bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates)

family Latimeridae; Latimeridae (extinct except for the coelacanth)

Ceratodontidae; family Ceratodontidae (lungfishes having hornlike ridges on the teeth)

family Siluridae; Siluridae (Old World catfishes)

Ameiuridae; family Ameiuridae (North American catfishes)

family Laricariidae; Laricariidae (armored catfish)

Ariidae; family Ariidae (sea catfishes)

family Gadidae; Gadidae (large family of important mostly marine food fishes)

family Macrouridae; family Macruridae; Macrouridae; Macruridae (grenadiers)

Anguillidae; family Anguillidae (eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn)

family Muraenidae; Muraenidae; Congridae; family Congridae (marine eels)

family Gonorhynchidae; Gonorhynchidae (coextensive with the genus Gonorhynchus)

Clupeidae; family Clupeidae (herrings; shad; sardines; etc.)

Engraulidae; family Engraulidae (anchovies)

family Salmonidae; Salmonidae (salmon and trout)

Coregonidae; family Coregonidae (soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae)

family Osmeridae; Osmeridae (smelts)

Elopidae; family Elopidae (tarpons and ladyfishes)

Albulidae; family Albulidae (bonefish)

Argentinidae; family Argentinidae (small marine soft-finned fishes with long silvery bodies; related to salmons and trouts)

family Myctophidae; Myctophidae (deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes)

family Synodontidae; Synodontidae (soft-finned bottom-dwelling fishes)

Chlorophthalmidae; family Chlorophthalmidae (small family of soft-finned bottom-dwellers with large eyes; relatives of lizardfishes)

family Osteoglossidae; Osteoglossidae (a family of large fishes that live in freshwater; includes bandfish and bonytongues)

family Lampridae; Lampridae (opahs)

family Trachipteridae; Trachipteridae; family Regalecidae; Regalecidae (ribbonfishes)

family Ogcocephalidae; Ogcocephalidae (batfishes: sluggish bottom-dwelling spiny fishes)

family Lophiidae; Lophiidae (large-headed marine fishes comprising the anglers)

Batrachoididae; family Batrachoididae (toadfishes; related to anglers and batfishes)

Antennariidae; family Antennariidae (frogfishes; tropical spiny-finned marine fishes having large nearly vertical mouths; related to toadfishes and anglers)

Belonidae; family Belonidae (ferocious fishes of warm regions resembling but unrelated to the freshwater gars)

Exocoetidae; family Exocoetidae (flying fishes; closely related to the halfbeaks)

family Hemiramphidae; Hemiramphidae (halfbeaks; marine and freshwater fishes closely related to the flying fishes but not able to glide)

family Scomberesocidae; family Scombresocidae; Scomberesocidae; Scombresocidae (only sauries)

family Ophiodontidae; Ophiodontidae (fishes closely related to greenlings)

Anabantidae; family Anabantidae (small freshwater spiny-finned fishes of Africa and southern Asia)

family Percidae; Percidae (active freshwater fishes; true perches and pike perches)

family Trichodontidae; Trichodontidae (two species of elongate compressed scaleless large-eyed fishes that live in sand or mud)

family Ophidiidae; Ophidiidae (eellike marine fishes)

Brotulidae; family Brotulidae (chiefly deep-sea fishes related to the Ophidiidae)

Carapidae; family Carapidae (pearlfishes: related to the Brotulidae)

Centropomidae; family Centropomidae (a family of fish or the order Perciformes including robalos)

Esocidae; family Esocidae (pikes; pickerels; muskellunges)

Centrarchidae; family Centrarchidae (sunfish family)

family Serranidae; Serranidae (marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish)

Embiotocidae; family Embiotocidae (viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes)

family Priacanthidae; Priacanthidae (small carnivorous percoid fishes found worldwide in tropical seas)

Apogonidae; family Apogonidae (bright-colored marine fishes that incubate eggs in the mouth)

family Malacanthidae; Malacanthidae (short-headed marine fishes; often brightly colored)

family Pomatomidae; Pomatomidae (food and game fishes related to pompanos)

family Rachycentridae; Rachycentridae (family of pelagic fishes containing solely the cobia)

Echeneididae; family Echeneidae; family Echeneididae (fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships)

Carangidae; family Carangidae (large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas)

Coryphaenidae; family Coryphaenidae (large active pelagic percoid fish)

Bramidae; family Bramidae (deep-bodied percoid fishes of the open seas)

Branchiostegidae; family Branchiostegidae (small family of marine fishes having covered gills)

Characidae; family Characidae (tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America)

Characinidae; family Characinidae (former name of the Characidae)

Cichlidae; family Cichlidae (cichlids)

family Lutjanidae; Lutjanidae (snappers)

family Haemulidae; Haemulidae (grunts)

family Sparidae; Sparidae (porgies; scups)

family Sciaenidae; Sciaenidae (warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout)

family Mullidae; Mullidae (goatfishes or red mullets)

family Mugilidae; Mugilidae (grey mullets)

Atherinidae; family Atherinidae (small spiny-finned fishes of both salt and fresh water)

family Sphyraenidae; Sphyraenidae (monotypic family of large active fishes of tropical and subtropical waters: barracuda)

family Pempheridae; Pempheridae (sweepers)

family Kyphosidae; Kyphosidae (sea chubs)

Ephippidae; family Ephippidae (small family comprising the spadefishes)

Chaetodontidae; family Chaetodontidae (butterfly fishes)

family Pomacentridae; Pomacentridae (damselfishes)

family Labridae; Labridae (wrasses)

family Scaridae; Scaridae (parrotfishes)

family Polynemidae; Polynemidae (threadfins)

family Opisthognathidae; Opisthognathidae (jawfishes)

family Uranoscopidae; Uranoscopidae (stargazers)

Dactyloscopidae; family Dactyloscopidae (sand stargazers)

Blenniidae; family Blenniidae (a family of fish including: combtooth blennies)

Clinidae; family Clinidae (viviparous blennies of temperate and tropical seas)

family Pholidae; family Pholididae; Pholidae (a family of fish of suborder Blennioidea)

family Stichaeidae; Stichaeidae (pricklebacks)

Anarhichadidae; family Anarhichadidae (wolffishes)

family Zoarcidae; Zoarcidae (eelpouts)

Ammodytidae; family Ammodytidae (sand lances)

Callionymidae; family Callionymidae (dragonets)

family Gobiidae; Gobiidae (gobies)

Eleotridae; family Eleotridae (sleepers)

family Percophidae; Percophidae (percoid flatheads)

family Toxotidae; Toxotidae (archerfishes)

family Microdesmidae; Microdesmidae (worm fish)

Acanthuridae; family Acanthuridae (surgeonfishes)

family Gempylidae; Gempylidae (snake mackerels)

family Trichiuridae; Trichiuridae (cutlassfishes)

family Scombridae; Scombridae (marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna)

family Kasuwonidae; Katsuwonidae (in some classifications considered a separate family comprising the oceanic bonitos)

family Xiphiidae; Xiphiidae (comprising the common swordfishes)

family Istiophoridae; Istiophoridae (sailfishes; spearfishes; marlins)

family Luvaridae; Luvaridae (louvars)

family Stromateidae; Stromateidae (butterfishes: harvest fishes; dollar fishes)

family Gobiesocidae; Gobiesocidae (clingfishes)

family Lobotidae; Lobotidae (tripletails)

family Gerreidae; family Gerridae; Gerreidae; Gerridae (mojarras)

family Sillaginidae; Sillaginidae (small family of small food fishes in shallow waters of the Pacific around Indonesia)

Amiidae; family Amiidae (only the bowfins)

family Polyodontidae; Polyodontidae (paddlefishes)

Acipenseridae; family Acipenseridae (sturgeons)

family Lepisosteidae; Lepisosteidae (comprises the genus Lepisosteus)

family Scorpaenidae; Scorpaenidae (scorpionfishes; rockfishes; lionfishes)

Cottidae; family Cottidae (sculpins)

Cyclopteridae; family Cyclopteridae (lumpfishes)

family Liparidae; family Liparididae; Liparidae; Liparididae (snailfishes)

Agonidae; family Agonidae (poachers)

family Hexagrammidae; Hexagrammidae (greenlings)

family Platycephalidae; Platycephalidae (scorpaenoid flatheads)

family Triglidae; Triglidae (in some classifications restricted to the gurnards and subdivided into the subfamilies Triglinae (true sea robins) and Peristediinae (armored sea robins))

subfamily Triglinae; Triglinae (in some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising searobins having ordinary scales and no barbels (true searobins))

Peristediinae; subfamily Peristediinae (in some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising the armored searobins)

Dactylopteridae; family Dactylopteridae (flying gurnards)

Balistidae; family Balistidae (triggerfishes)

family Monocanthidae; Monocanthidae (filefishes)

family Ostraciidae; family Ostraciontidae; Ostraciidae (boxfishes)

family Tetraodontidae; Tetraodontidae (puffers)

Diodontidae; family Diodontidae (spiny puffers)

family Molidae; Molidae (ocean sunfishes)

family Pleuronectidae; Pleuronectidae (righteye flounders)

Bothidae; family Bothidae (a family of fish of the order Heterosomata)

Cynoglossidae; family Cynoglossidae (tonguefishes)

family Soleidae; Soleidae (soles)

Holonyms ("fish family" is a member of...):

Craniata; subphylum Craniata; subphylum Vertebrata; Vertebrata (fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals)


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