| Noun | 1. | family Embiotocidae - viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes fish family - any of various families of fish order Perciformes, order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi - one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna surfperch, surf fish, surffish - small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the Pacific coast of North America genus Hipsurus, Hipsurus - a genus of Embiotocidae |