fish family

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fish family - any of various families of fish       Cobitidae, family Cobitidae - loaches Cyprinidae, family Cyprinidae - a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace Electrophoridae, family Electrophoridae - small family comprising the electric eels Catostomidae, family Catostomidae - suckers; closely related to the family Cyprinidae Cyprinodontidae, family Cyprinodontidae - large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies family Poeciliidae, Poeciliidae - topminnows family Holocentridae, Holocentridae - squirrelfishes and soldierfishes Anomalopidae, family Anomalopidae - a family of fish including: flashlight fishes family Zeidae, Zeidae - a family of fish in the order Zeomorphi Caproidae, family Caproidae - boarfishes family Fistulariidae, Fistulariidae - cornetfishes family Gasterosteidae, Gasterosteidae - sticklebacks family Syngnathidae, Syngnathidae - pipefishes family Macrorhamphosidae, Macrorhamphosidae - bellows fishes Centriscidae, family Centriscidae - shrimpfishes Aulostomidae, family Aulostomidae - trumpetfishes Craniata, subphylum Craniata, subphylum Vertebrata, Vertebrata - fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals family Petromyzontidae, Petromyzontidae - lampreys family Myxinidae, Myxinidae - slime-producing marine animals: hagfishes Chimaeridae, family Chimaeridae - a family of Holocephali family Hexanchidae, Hexanchidae - primitive sharks family Lamnidae, Lamnidae - oceanic sharks family Isuridae, Isuridae - in some classifications another name for the family Lamnidae Cetorhinidae, family Cetorhinidae - in some older classifications considered the family of the basking sharks Alopiidae, family Alopiidae - thresher sharks family Orectolobidae, Orectolobidae - nurse sharks and carpet sharks Carchariidae, family Carchariidae, family Odontaspididae, Odontaspididae - sand sharks; in some classifications coextensive with family Carcharhinidae family Rhincodontidae, Rhincodontidae - small-toothed sharks comprising only one species family Scyliorhinidae, Scyliorhinidae - small bottom-dwelling sharks Carcharhinidae, family Carcharhinidae - largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks family Triakidae, Triakidae - small sharks with smooth skins and lacking spines on their dorsal fins family Squalidae, Squalidae - dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin family Sphyrnidae, Sphyrnidae - hammerhead sharks; bonnethead sharks family Squatinidae, Squatinidae - bottom-dwelling ray-like sharks family Torpedinidae, Torpedinidae - electric rays family Pristidae, Pristidae - large primitive rays with elongated snouts family Rhinobatidae, Rhinobatidae - primitive rays with guitar-shaped bodies Dasyatidae, family Dasyatidae - sting rays family Myliobatidae, Myliobatidae - eagle rays family Mobulidae, Mobulidae - large rays lacking venomous spines: mantas