| has gloss | (noun) any of various families of fish
fish family |
| lexicalization | eng: fish family |
| subclass of | (noun) (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"
family |
| Note: 130 other subclass(es) ommited in the following list |
| has subclass | (noun) shrimpfishes
Centriscidae, family Centriscidae |
| has subclass | (noun) lampreys
family Petromyzontidae, Petromyzontidae |
| has subclass | (noun) in some classifications another name for the family Lamnidae
Isuridae, family Isuridae |
| has subclass | (noun) sand sharks; in some classifications coextensive with family Carcharhinidae
Carchariidae, Odontaspididae, family Carchariidae, family Odontaspididae |
| has subclass | (noun) bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates
family Rajidae, Rajidae |
| has subclass | (noun) North American catfishes
family Ameiuridae, Ameiuridae |
| has subclass | (noun) sea catfishes
family Ariidae, Ariidae |
| has subclass | (noun) large family of important mostly marine food fishes
family Gadidae, Gadidae |
| has subclass | (noun) marine eels
family Muraenidae, Muraenidae |
| has subclass | (noun) salmon and trout
family Salmonidae, Salmonidae |
| has subclass | (noun) a family of large fishes that live in freshwater; includes bandfish and bonytongues
Osteoglossidae, family Osteoglossidae |
| has subclass | (noun) ribbonfishes
family Regalecidae, Regalecidae |
| has subclass | (noun) batfishes: sluggish bottom-dwelling spiny fishes
family Ogcocephalidae, Ogcocephalidae |
| has subclass | (noun) toadfishes; related to anglers and batfishes
family Batrachoididae, Batrachoididae |
| has subclass | (noun) only sauries
Scomberesocidae, Scombresocidae, family Scomberesocidae, family Scombresocidae |
| has subclass | (noun) fishes closely related to greenlings
family Ophiodontidae, Ophiodontidae |
| has subclass | (noun) viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes
family Embiotocidae, Embiotocidae |
| has subclass | (noun) short-headed marine fishes; often brightly colored
Malacanthidae, family Malacanthidae |
| has subclass | (noun) food and game fishes related to pompanos
Pomatomidae, family Pomatomidae |
| has subclass | (noun) grey mullets
family Mugilidae, Mugilidae |
| has subclass | (noun) butterfly fishes
Chaetodontidae, family Chaetodontidae |
| has subclass | (noun) threadfins
Polynemidae, family Polynemidae |
| has subclass | (noun) stargazers
family Uranoscopidae, Uranoscopidae |
| has subclass | (noun) a family of fish including: combtooth blennies
Blenniidae, family Blenniidae |
| has subclass | (noun) pricklebacks
family Stichaeidae, Stichaeidae |
| has subclass | (noun) eelpouts
Zoarcidae, family Zoarcidae |
| has subclass | (noun) sand lances
family Ammodytidae, Ammodytidae |
| has subclass | (noun) dragonets
Callionymidae, family Callionymidae |
| has subclass | (noun) sleepers
Eleotridae, family Eleotridae |
| has subclass | (noun) percoid flatheads
family Percophidae, Percophidae |
| has subclass | (noun) archerfishes
family Toxotidae, Toxotidae |
| has subclass | (noun) marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna
Scombridae, family Scombridae |
| has subclass | (noun) comprising the common swordfishes
Xiphiidae, family Xiphiidae |
| has subclass | (noun) louvars
family Luvaridae, Luvaridae |
| has subclass | (noun) tripletails
Lobotidae, family Lobotidae |
| has subclass | (noun) small family of small food fishes in shallow waters of the Pacific around Indonesia
Sillaginidae, family Sillaginidae |
| has subclass | (noun) only the bowfins
Amiidae, family Amiidae |
| has subclass | (noun) sturgeons
family Acipenseridae, Acipenseridae |
| has subclass | (noun) righteye flounders
Pleuronectidae, family Pleuronectidae |
| has subclass | (noun) a family of fish of the order Heterosomata
Bothidae, family Bothidae |