fish family

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fish family - any of various families of fish Cobitidae, family Cobitidae - loachesCyprinidae, family Cyprinidae - a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; daceElectrophoridae, family Electrophoridae - small family comprising the electric eelsCatostomidae, family Catostomidae - suckers; closely related to the family CyprinidaeCyprinodontidae, family Cyprinodontidae - large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppiesfamily Poeciliidae, Poeciliidae - topminnowsfamily Holocentridae, Holocentridae - squirrelfishes and soldierfishesAnomalopidae, family Anomalopidae - a family of fish including: flashlight fishesfamily Zeidae, Zeidae - a family of fish in the order ZeomorphiCaproidae, family Caproidae - boarfishesfamily Fistulariidae, Fistulariidae - cornetfishesfamily Gasterosteidae, Gasterosteidae - sticklebacksfamily Syngnathidae, Syngnathidae - pipefishesfamily Macrorhamphosidae, Macrorhamphosidae - bellows fishesCentriscidae, family Centriscidae - shrimpfishesAulostomidae, family Aulostomidae - trumpetfishesCraniata, subphylum Craniata, subphylum Vertebrata, Vertebrata - fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammalsfamily Petromyzontidae, Petromyzontidae - lampreysfamily Myxinidae, Myxinidae - slime-producing marine animals: hagfishesChimaeridae, family Chimaeridae - a family of Holocephalifamily Hexanchidae, Hexanchidae - primitive sharksfamily Lamnidae, Lamnidae - oceanic sharksfamily Isuridae, Isuridae - in some classifications another name for the family LamnidaeCetorhinidae, family Cetorhinidae - in some older classifications considered the family of the basking sharksAlopiidae, family Alopiidae - thresher sharksfamily Orectolobidae, Orectolobidae - nurse sharks and carpet sharksCarchariidae, family Carchariidae, family Odontaspididae, Odontaspididae - sand sharks; in some classifications coextensive with family Carcharhinidaefamily Rhincodontidae, Rhincodontidae - small-toothed sharks comprising only one speciesfamily Scyliorhinidae, Scyliorhinidae - small bottom-dwelling sharksCarcharhinidae, family Carcharhinidae - largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharksfamily Triakidae, Triakidae - small sharks with smooth skins and lacking spines on their dorsal finsfamily Squalidae, Squalidae - dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal finfamily Sphyrnidae, Sphyrnidae - hammerhead sharks; bonnethead sharksfamily Squatinidae, Squatinidae - bottom-dwelling ray-like sharksfamily Torpedinidae, Torpedinidae - electric raysfamily Pristidae, Pristidae - large primitive rays with elongated snoutsfamily Rhinobatidae, Rhinobatidae - primitive rays with guitar-shaped bodiesDasyatidae, family Dasyatidae - sting raysfamily Myliobatidae, Myliobatidae - eagle raysfamily Mobulidae, Mobulidae - large rays lacking venomous spines: mantasfamily Rajidae, Rajidae - bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skatesfamily Latimeridae, Latimeridae - extinct except for the coelacanthCeratodontidae, family Ceratodontidae - lungfishes having hornlike ridges on the teethfamily Siluridae, Siluridae - Old World catfishesAmeiuridae, family Ameiuridae - North American catfishesfamily Laricariidae, Laricariidae - armored catfish