| Noun | 1. | family Kyphosidae - sea chubs 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 sea chub - schooling fishes mostly of Indian and western Pacific oceans; two species in western Atlantic genus Kyphosus, Kyphosus - type genus of the Kyphosidae |