family Triglidae

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

family Triglidae - in some classifications restricted to the gurnards and subdivided into the subfamilies Triglinae (true sea robins) and Peristediinae (armored sea robins) Triglidae fish family - any of various families of fish Scorpaenoidea, suborder Scorpaenoidea - mail-cheeked fishes: scorpionfishes; gurnards gurnard - bottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armored heads and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom genus Triga, Triga - type genus of the Triglidae subfamily Triglinae, Triglinae - in some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising searobins having ordinary scales and no barbels (true searobins) genus Prionotus, Prionotus - a genus of Triglidae Peristediinae, subfamily Peristediinae - in some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising the armored searobins genus Peristedion, Peristedion - in some classifications the type genus of the subfamily Peristediinae: armored sea robins