Balistidae
plural noun
Ba·lis·ti·dae
-təˌdē
: a family of long-snouted small-eyed marine fishes having a deep compressed body and rough spinose scales, comprising the triggerfishes and sometimes the filefishes, and a few related forms consisting a suborder of Plectognathi
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Balistes, type genus + -idae