| Noun | 1. | family Haemulidae - grunts 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 grunt - medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught genus Haemulon, Haemulon - type genus of the Haemulidae Anisotremus, genus Anisotremus - a genus of Haemulidae genus Orthopristis, Orthopristis - a genus of Haemulidae |