fish family
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1. any of various families of fish (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | family, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | cobitidae, family cobitidae, |
| definition | : | loaches (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cyprinidae, family cyprinidae, |
| definition | : | a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | electrophoridae, family electrophoridae, |
| definition | : | small family comprising the electric eels (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | catostomidae, family catostomidae, |
| definition | : | suckers; closely related to the family Cyprinidae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cyprinodontidae, family cyprinodontidae, |
| definition | : | large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family poeciliidae, poeciliidae, |
| definition | : | topminnows (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family holocentridae, holocentridae, |
| definition | : | squirrelfishes and soldierfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | anomalopidae, family anomalopidae, |
| definition | : | a family of fish including: flashlight fishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family zeidae, zeidae, |
| definition | : | a family of fish in the order Zeomorphi (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | caproidae, family caproidae, |
| definition | : | boarfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family fistulariidae, fistulariidae, |
| definition | : | cornetfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family gasterosteidae, gasterosteidae, |
| definition | : | sticklebacks (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family syngnathidae, syngnathidae, |
| definition | : | pipefishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family macrorhamphosidae, macrorhamphosidae, |
| definition | : | bellows fishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | centriscidae, family centriscidae, |
| definition | : | shrimpfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | aulostomidae, family aulostomidae, |
| definition | : | trumpetfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family petromyzontidae, petromyzontidae, |
| definition | : | lampreys (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family myxinidae, myxinidae, |
| definition | : | slime-producing marine animals: hagfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | chimaeridae, family chimaeridae, |
| definition | : | a family of Holocephali (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family hexanchidae, hexanchidae, |
| definition | : | primitive sharks (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family lamnidae, lamnidae, |
| definition | : | oceanic sharks (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family isuridae, isuridae, |
| definition | : | in some classifications another name for the family Lamnidae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cetorhinidae, family cetorhinidae, |
| definition | : | in some older classifications considered the family of the basking sharks (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | alopiidae, family alopiidae, |
| definition | : | thresher sharks (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family orectolobidae, orectolobidae, |
| definition | : | nurse sharks and carpet sharks (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | carchariidae, family carchariidae, family odontaspididae, odontaspididae, |
| definition | : | sand sharks; in some classifications coextensive with family Carcharhinidae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family rhincodontidae, rhincodontidae, |
| definition | : | small-toothed sharks comprising only one species (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family scyliorhinidae, scyliorhinidae, |
| definition | : | small bottom-dwelling sharks (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | carcharhinidae, family carcharhinidae, |
| definition | : | largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family triakidae, triakidae, |
| definition | : | small sharks with smooth skins and lacking spines on their dorsal fins (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family squalidae, squalidae, |
| definition | : | dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family sphyrnidae, sphyrnidae, |
| definition | : | hammerhead sharks; bonnethead sharks (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family squatinidae, squatinidae, |
| definition | : | bottom-dwelling ray-like sharks (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family torpedinidae, torpedinidae, |
| definition | : | electric rays (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family pristidae, pristidae, |
| definition | : | large primitive rays with elongated snouts (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family rhinobatidae, rhinobatidae, |
| definition | : | primitive rays with guitar-shaped bodies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | dasyatidae, family dasyatidae, |
| definition | : | sting rays (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family myliobatidae, myliobatidae, |
| definition | : | eagle rays (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family mobulidae, mobulidae, |
| definition | : | large rays lacking venomous spines: mantas (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family rajidae, rajidae, |
| definition | : | bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family latimeridae, latimeridae, |
| definition | : | extinct except for the coelacanth (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ceratodontidae, family ceratodontidae, |
| definition | : | lungfishes having hornlike ridges on the teeth (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family siluridae, siluridae, |
| definition | : | Old World catfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ameiuridae, family ameiuridae, |
| definition | : | North American catfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family laricariidae, laricariidae, |
| definition | : | armored catfish (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ariidae, family ariidae, |
| definition | : | sea catfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family gadidae, gadidae, |
| definition | : | large family of important mostly marine food fishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family macrouridae, family macruridae, macrouridae, macruridae, |
| definition | : | grenadiers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | anguillidae, family anguillidae, |
| definition | : | eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family muraenidae, muraenidae, |
| definition | : | marine eels (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | congridae, family congridae, |
| definition | : | marine eels (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family gonorhynchidae, gonorhynchidae, |
| definition | : | coextensive with the genus Gonorhynchus (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | clupeidae, family clupeidae, |
| definition | : | herrings; shad; sardines; etc. (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | engraulidae, family engraulidae, |
| definition | : | anchovies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family salmonidae, salmonidae, |
| definition | : | salmon and trout (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | coregonidae, family coregonidae, |
| definition | : | soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family osmeridae, osmeridae, |
| definition | : | smelts (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | elopidae, family elopidae, |
| definition | : | tarpons and ladyfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | albulidae, family albulidae, |
| definition | : | bonefish (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | argentinidae, family argentinidae, |
| definition | : | small marine soft-finned fishes with long silvery bodies; related to salmons and trouts (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family myctophidae, myctophidae, |
| definition | : | deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family synodontidae, synodontidae, |
| definition | : | soft-finned bottom-dwelling fishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | chlorophthalmidae, family chlorophthalmidae, |
| definition | : | small family of soft-finned bottom-dwellers with large eyes; relatives of lizardfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family osteoglossidae, osteoglossidae, |
| definition | : | a family of large fishes that live in freshwater; includes bandfish and bonytongues (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family lampridae, lampridae, |
| definition | : | opahs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family trachipteridae, trachipteridae, |
| definition | : | ribbonfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family regalecidae, regalecidae, |
| definition | : | ribbonfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family ogcocephalidae, ogcocephalidae, |
| definition | : | batfishes: sluggish bottom-dwelling spiny fishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family lophiidae, lophiidae, |
| definition | : | large-headed marine fishes comprising the anglers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | batrachoididae, family batrachoididae, |
| definition | : | toadfishes; related to anglers and batfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | antennariidae, family antennariidae, |
| definition | : | frogfishes; tropical spiny-finned marine fishes having large nearly vertical mouths; related to toadfishes and anglers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | belonidae, family belonidae, |
| definition | : | ferocious fishes of warm regions resembling but unrelated to the freshwater gars (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | exocoetidae, family exocoetidae, |
| definition | : | flying fishes; closely related to the halfbeaks (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family hemiramphidae, hemiramphidae, |
| definition | : | halfbeaks; marine and freshwater fishes closely related to the flying fishes but not able to glide (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family scomberesocidae, family scombresocidae, scomberesocidae, scombresocidae, |
| definition | : | only sauries (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family ophiodontidae, ophiodontidae, |
| definition | : | fishes closely related to greenlings (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | anabantidae, family anabantidae, |
| definition | : | small freshwater spiny-finned fishes of Africa and southern Asia (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family percidae, percidae, |
| definition | : | active freshwater fishes; true perches and pike perches (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family trichodontidae, trichodontidae, |
| definition | : | two species of elongate compressed scaleless large-eyed fishes that live in sand or mud (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family ophidiidae, ophidiidae, |
| definition | : | eellike marine fishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | brotulidae, family brotulidae, |
| definition | : | chiefly deep-sea fishes related to the Ophidiidae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | carapidae, family carapidae, |
| definition | : | pearlfishes: related to the Brotulidae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | centropomidae, family centropomidae, |
| definition | : | a family of fish or the order Perciformes including robalos (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | esocidae, family esocidae, |
| definition | : | pikes; pickerels; muskellunges (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | centrarchidae, family centrarchidae, |
| definition | : | sunfish family (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family serranidae, serranidae, |
| definition | : | marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | embiotocidae, family embiotocidae, |
| definition | : | viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family priacanthidae, priacanthidae, |
| definition | : | small carnivorous percoid fishes found worldwide in tropical seas (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | apogonidae, family apogonidae, |
| definition | : | bright-colored marine fishes that incubate eggs in the mouth (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family malacanthidae, malacanthidae, |
| definition | : | short-headed marine fishes; often brightly colored (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family pomatomidae, pomatomidae, |
| definition | : | food and game fishes related to pompanos (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family rachycentridae, rachycentridae, |
| definition | : | family of pelagic fishes containing solely the cobia (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | echeneididae, family echeneidae, family echeneididae, |
| definition | : | fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | carangidae, family carangidae, |
| definition | : | large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | coryphaenidae, family coryphaenidae, |
| definition | : | large active pelagic percoid fish (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bramidae, family bramidae, |
| definition | : | deep-bodied percoid fishes of the open seas (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | branchiostegidae, family branchiostegidae, |
| definition | : | small family of marine fishes having covered gills (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | characidae, family characidae, |
| definition | : | tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | characinidae, family characinidae, |
| definition | : | former name of the Characidae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cichlidae, family cichlidae, |
| definition | : | cichlids (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family lutjanidae, lutjanidae, |
| definition | : | snappers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family haemulidae, haemulidae, |
| definition | : | grunts (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family sparidae, sparidae, |
| definition | : | porgies; scups (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family sciaenidae, sciaenidae, |
| definition | : | warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family mullidae, mullidae, |
| definition | : | goatfishes or red mullets (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family mugilidae, mugilidae, |
| definition | : | grey mullets (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | atherinidae, family atherinidae, |
| definition | : | small spiny-finned fishes of both salt and fresh water (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family sphyraenidae, sphyraenidae, |
| definition | : | monotypic family of large active fishes of tropical and subtropical waters: barracuda (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family pempheridae, pempheridae, |
| definition | : | sweepers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family kyphosidae, kyphosidae, |
| definition | : | sea chubs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ephippidae, family ephippidae, |
| definition | : | small family comprising the spadefishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | chaetodontidae, family chaetodontidae, |
| definition | : | butterfly fishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family pomacentridae, pomacentridae, |
| definition | : | damselfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family labridae, labridae, |
| definition | : | wrasses (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family scaridae, scaridae, |
| definition | : | parrotfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family polynemidae, polynemidae, |
| definition | : | threadfins (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family opisthognathidae, opisthognathidae, |
| definition | : | jawfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family uranoscopidae, uranoscopidae, |
| definition | : | stargazers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | dactyloscopidae, family dactyloscopidae, |
| definition | : | sand stargazers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | blenniidae, family blenniidae, |
| definition | : | a family of fish including: combtooth blennies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | clinidae, family clinidae, |
| definition | : | viviparous blennies of temperate and tropical seas (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family pholidae, family pholididae, pholidae, |
| definition | : | a family of fish of suborder Blennioidea (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family stichaeidae, stichaeidae, |
| definition | : | pricklebacks (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | anarhichadidae, family anarhichadidae, |
| definition | : | wolffishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family zoarcidae, zoarcidae, |
| definition | : | eelpouts (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ammodytidae, family ammodytidae, |
| definition | : | sand lances (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | callionymidae, family callionymidae, |
| definition | : | dragonets (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family gobiidae, gobiidae, |
| definition | : | gobies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | eleotridae, family eleotridae, |
| definition | : | sleepers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family percophidae, percophidae, |
| definition | : | percoid flatheads (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family toxotidae, toxotidae, |
| definition | : | archerfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family microdesmidae, microdesmidae, |
| definition | : | worm fish (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | acanthuridae, family acanthuridae, |
| definition | : | surgeonfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family gempylidae, gempylidae, |
| definition | : | snake mackerels (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family trichiuridae, trichiuridae, |
| definition | : | cutlassfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family scombridae, scombridae, |
| definition | : | marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family kasuwonidae, katsuwonidae, |
| definition | : | in some classifications considered a separate family comprising the oceanic bonitos (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family xiphiidae, xiphiidae, |
| definition | : | comprising the common swordfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family istiophoridae, istiophoridae, |
| definition | : | sailfishes; spearfishes; marlins (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family luvaridae, luvaridae, |
| definition | : | louvars (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family stromateidae, stromateidae, |
| definition | : | butterfishes: harvest fishes; dollar fishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family gobiesocidae, gobiesocidae, |
| definition | : | clingfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family lobotidae, lobotidae, |
| definition | : | tripletails (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family gerreidae, family gerridae, gerreidae, gerridae, |
| definition | : | mojarras (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family sillaginidae, sillaginidae, |
| definition | : | small family of small food fishes in shallow waters of the Pacific around Indonesia (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | amiidae, family amiidae, |
| definition | : | only the bowfins (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family polyodontidae, polyodontidae, |
| definition | : | paddlefishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | acipenseridae, family acipenseridae, |
| definition | : | sturgeons (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family lepisosteidae, lepisosteidae, |
| definition | : | comprises the genus Lepisosteus (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family scorpaenidae, scorpaenidae, |
| definition | : | scorpionfishes; rockfishes; lionfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cottidae, family cottidae, |
| definition | : | sculpins (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cyclopteridae, family cyclopteridae, |
| definition | : | lumpfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family liparidae, family liparididae, liparidae, liparididae, |
| definition | : | snailfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | agonidae, family agonidae, |
| definition | : | poachers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family hexagrammidae, hexagrammidae, |
| definition | : | greenlings (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family platycephalidae, platycephalidae, |
| definition | : | scorpaenoid flatheads (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family triglidae, triglidae, |
| definition | : | in some classifications restricted to the gurnards and subdivided into the subfamilies Triglinae (true sea robins) and Peristediinae (armored sea robins) (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | subfamily triglinae, triglinae, |
| definition | : | in some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising searobins having ordinary scales and no barbels (true searobins) (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | peristediinae, subfamily peristediinae, |
| definition | : | in some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising the armored searobins (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | dactylopteridae, family dactylopteridae, |
| definition | : | flying gurnards (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | balistidae, family balistidae, |
| definition | : | triggerfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family monocanthidae, monocanthidae, |
| definition | : | filefishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family ostraciidae, family ostraciontidae, ostraciidae, |
| definition | : | boxfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family tetraodontidae, tetraodontidae, |
| definition | : | puffers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | diodontidae, family diodontidae, |
| definition | : | spiny puffers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family molidae, molidae, |
| definition | : | ocean sunfishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family pleuronectidae, pleuronectidae, |
| definition | : | righteye flounders (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bothidae, family bothidae, |
| definition | : | a family of fish of the order Heterosomata (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cynoglossidae, family cynoglossidae, |
| definition | : | tonguefishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family soleidae, soleidae, |
| definition | : | soles (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | craniata, subphylum craniata, subphylum vertebrata, vertebrata, |
| definition | : | fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals (noun.animal) |
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