family opisthognathidae

English Thesaurus

1. jawfishes (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	fish family,
definition	:	any of various families of fish (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	jawfish,
definition	:	small large-mouthed tropical marine fishes common along sandy bottoms; males brood egg balls in their mouths; popular aquarium fishes (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	order perciformes, order percomorphi, perciformes, percomorphi,
definition	:	one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna (noun.animal)