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This is a list of fish families sorted alphabetically by scientific name. There are 525 families in the list.
Common names of fish can refer to a single species; to an entire group of species, such as a genus or family; or to multiple unrelated species or groups.Ambiguous common names are accompanied by their possible meanings.
Fish account for more than half of vertebrate species. As of 2016, there are over 32,000 described species of bony fish, over 1,100 species of cartilaginous fish, and over 100 hagfish and lampreys. A third of these fall within the nine largest families; from largest to smallest, these are Cyprinidae , Gobiidae , Cichlidae , Characidae ...
List of fish families; Fish species in the Western Interior Seaway; G. List of freshwater game fish; List of marine game fish; List of goldfish varieties; H.
Pages in category "Marine fish families" The following 128 pages are in this category, out of 128 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Acanthuridae;
After a short section on Chordata and non-fish taxa, the work lists all known fish families in a systematic fashion. Each family is given at least one paragraph, and usually a body outline drawing; large families have subfamilies and tribes described as well.
Pages in category "Fish families" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Catalog of Fishes is a comprehensive on-line database and reference work on the scientific names of fish species and genera. It is global in its scope and is hosted by the California Academy of Sciences. It has been compiled and is continuously updated by the curator emeritus of the CAS fish collection, William N. Eschmeyer.