Index to Families and Common Names of Fish

Acanthuridae eagle rays Macrorhamphosidae remoras
Albulidae

Echeneidae

 Malacanthidae requiem sharks
Alopiidae eel catfishes man-of-war fishes Rhinidae
anchovies Eleotridae mantas righteye flounders
angelfishes Elopidae Megalopidae rudderfishes
Anguillidae emperors Microdesmidae  
Anomalopidae Engraulidae milkfishes sand burrowers
Antennariidae Ephippididae Mobulinae sand lances
Apogonidae Exocoetidae mojarras sandperches
Atherinidae   mollies Scaridae
Aulostomidae false morays monocle breams Scombridae
  filefishes Monodactylidae Scorpaenidae
Balistidae Fistulariidae moonfish scorpionfishes
barracudas flatheads moorish idol sea basses
basslets flyingfishes morays seahorses
Belonidae flying gurnards Moringuidae Serranidae
Berycidae freshwater eels mountain basses Siganidae
big-eyes frogfishes Mugilidae silversides
billfishes   mullets silver batfishes
blennies garden eels Mullidae sleepers
Blenniidae Gempylidae Muraenidae snake eels
bonefishes Gerreidae Myliobatidae snake mackerels
Bothidae

Ginglymostomatidae

   snappers
Bramidae goatfishes narrow-snouted shovelnose rays snipefishes
brotulas gobies needlefishes Soleidae
bulldog sharks Gobiesocidae Nemipteridae soles
butterflyfishes Gobiidae Nomeidae spadefishes
Bythitidae Grammistidae nurse sharks Sphyraenidae
  groupers   Sphyrnidae
Callionymidae grunts Ophichthidae Squalidae
Caracanthidae   Ophidiidae squirrelfishes
Carangidae Haemulidae Opistognathidae stargazers
Carapidae halfbeaks Ostraciontidae Stegostomatidae
Carcharhinidae hammerhead sharks   stingrays
cardinalfishes hawkfishes parrotfishes stonefish

Chaetodontidae

Hemiramphidae pearlfishes surf fishes
Chandidae herrings Pempherdidiae surgeonfishes
Chanidae Hexanchidae perchlets sweepers
Cichlidae Holocentridae Percichthyidae sweetlips
Cirrhitidae   pipefishes swordfish
clingfishes Isonidae Platycephalidae Synancejidae
Clinidae Istiophoridae Plesiopidae Syngnatidae
Clupeidae   Pleuronectidae Synodontidae
conger eels jacks Plotosidae  
Congridae jawfishes Poeciliidae tarpons
cookiecutter sharks   Polynemidae temperate basses
cornetfishes Kraemeriidae Pomacentridae Teraponidae
Coryphaenidae Kuliidae pomfrets terapon perches
cusk eels Kyphosidae ponyfishes Tetraodontidae
cusk eels   porcupinefishes threadfins
  Labridae prettyfins three-toothed puffers
Dactylopteridae ladyfishes Priacanthidae thresher sharks
Dalatiidae Lamnidae Pseudoplesidae tilapia
damselfishes Lampridae puffers tilefishes
Dasyatididae lantern-eyes   triggerfishes
Diodontidae lefteye flounders rabbitfishes Trichonotidae
dogfish sharks Leiognathidae   Triodontidae
dolphins leopard sharks   triplefins
dragonettes Lethrinidae   trumpetfishes
dwarf rockfishes Limnichthyidae   trunkfishes
  lizardfishes   tunas
  Lutjanidae    
      unicornfishes
  mackerels   Uranoscopidae
  mackerel sharks    
      worm eels
      wormfishes
      wrasses
       
      Xenocongridae
      Xiphiidae

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