This is a list of fish family (biology), families sorted alphabetically by scientific name. There are 525 families in the list. __NOTOC__ #A, A - #B, B - #C, C - #D, D - #E-F, E - #E-F, F - #G, G - #H, H - #I-K, I - #I-K, J - #I-K, K - #L, L - #M, M - #N, N - #O, O - #P, P - #R, R - #S, S - #T, T - #U-Z, U - #U-Z, V - #U-Z, W - #U-Z, X - #U-Z, Y - #U-Z, Z ----

A

#Ab-Am, Ab-Am - #An-Ap, An-Ap - #Ar-Au, Ar-Au ----

Ab-Am

* Abyssocottidae * Acanthuridae * Acestrorhynchidae * Achiridae * Achiropsettidae * Acipenseridae * Acropomatidae * Adrianichthyidae * Agonidae * Akysidae * Albulidae * Alepisauridae * Alepocephalidae * Alestiidae * Alopiidae * Amarsipidae * Ambassidae * Amblycipitidae * Amblyopsidae * Amiidae * Ammodytidae * Amphiliidae

An-Ap

* Anabantidae * Anablepidae * Anacanthobatidae * Anarhichadidae * Anguillidae * Anomalopidae * Anoplogastridae * Anoplopomatidae * Anostomidae * Anotopteridae * Antennariidae * Aphredoderidae * Aphyonidae * Apistidae * Aploactinidae * Aplocheilidae * Aplodactylidae * Apogonidae * Apteronotidae

Ar-Au

* Aracanidae * Arapaimidae * Argentinidae * Ariidae * Ariommatidae * Arripidae * Artedidraconidae * Aspredinidae * Astroblepidae * Ateleopodidae * Atherinidae * Atherinopsidae * Auchenipteridae * Aulopidae * Aulorhynchidae * Aulostomidae

B

* Bagridae * Balistidae * Balitoridae * Banjosidae * Barbourisiidae * Bathyclupeidae * Bathydraconidae * Bathylagidae * Bathylutichthyidae * Bathymasteridae * Batrachoididae * Bedotiidae * Belonidae * Bembridae * Berycidae * Blenniidae * Bothidae * Bovichtidae * Brachaeluridae * Brachionichthyidae * Bramidae * Bregmacerotidae * Bythitidae

C

#Ca, Ca - #Ce, Ce - #Ch, Ch - #Ci-Cu, Ci-Cu - #Cy, Cy ----

Ca

* Caesionidae * Callanthiidae * Callichthyidae * Callionymidae * Callorhinchidae * Caproidae * Caracanthidae * Carangidae * Carapidae * Carcharhinidae * Caristiidae * Catostomidae * Caulophrynidae

Ce

* Centracanthidae * Centrarchidae * Centriscidae * Centrogenyidae * Centrolophidae * Centrophoridae * Centrophrynidae * Centropomidae * Cepolidae * Ceratiidae * Ceratodontidae * Cetomimidae * Cetopsidae * Cetorhinidae

Ch

* Chacidae * Chaenopsidae * Chaetodontidae * Champsodontidae * Chanidae * Channichthyidae * Channidae * Characidae * Chaudhuriidae * Chaunacidae * Cheilodactylidae * Chiasmodontidae * Chilodontidae (fishes), Chilodontidae * Chimaeridae * Chirocentridae * Chironemidae * Chlamydoselachidae * Chlopsidae * Chlorophthalmidae

Ci-Cu

* Cichlidae * Cirrhitidae * Citharidae * Citharinidae * Clariidae * Clinidae * Clupeidae * Cobitidae * Coiidae * Colocongridae * Comephoridae * Congiopodidae * Congridae * Coryphaenidae * Cottidae * Cottocomephoridae * Cranoglanididae * Creediidae * Crenuchidae * Cryptacanthodidae * Ctenoluciidae * Curimatidae

Cy

* Cyclopteridae * Cyematidae * Cynodontidae * Cynoglossidae * Cyprinidae * Cyprinodontidae

D

* Dactylopteridae * Dactyloscopidae * Dalatiidae * Dasyatidae * Dentatherinidae * Denticipitidae * Derichthyidae * Diceratiidae * Dichistiidae * Dinolestidae * Dinopercidae * Diodontidae * Diplomystidae * Diretmidae * Doradidae * Draconettidae * Drepaneidae * Dussumieriidae

E

* Echeneidae * Echinorhinidae * Elassomatidae * Electrophoridae * Eleginopidae * Eleotridae * Elopidae * Embiotocidae * Emmelichthyidae * Engraulidae * Enoplosidae * Ephippidae * Epigonidae * Erethistidae * Ereuniidae * Erythrinidae * Esocidae * Euclichthyidae * Eurypharyngidae * Evermannellidae * Exocoetidae

F

* Fistulariidae * Fundulidae

G

* Gadidae * Galaxiidae * Gasteropelecidae * Gasterosteidae * Gastromyzontidae * Gempylidae * Geotriidae * Gerreidae * Gibberichthyidae * Gigantactinidae * Giganturidae * Ginglymostomatidae * Glaucosomatidae * Gnathanacanthidae * Gobiesocidae * Gobiidae * Gonorynchidae * Gonostomatidae * Goodeidae * Grammatidae * Grammicolepididae * Gymnarchidae * Gymnotidae * Gymnuridae * Gyrinocheilidae

H

* Haemulidae * Halosauridae * Harpagiferidae * Helogeneidae * Helostomatidae * Hemigaleidae * Hemiodontidae * Hemiramphidae * Hemiscylliidae * Hemitripteridae * Hepsetidae * Heptapteridae * Heterenchelyidae * Heterodontidae * Heteropneustidae * Hexagrammidae * Hexanchidae * Hexatrygonidae * Himantolophidae * Hiodontidae * Hispidoberycidae * Holocentridae * Hoplichthyidae * Hypopomidae * Hypoptychidae

I

* Icosteidae * Ictaluridae * Indostomidae * Inermiidae * Ipnopidae * Istiophoridae

K

* Kneriidae * Kraemeriidae * Kuhliidae * Kurtidae * Kyphosidae

L

#La-Li, La-Li - #Lo-Lu, Lo-Lu ----

La-Li

* Labridae * Labrisomidae * Lactariidae * Lamnidae * Lampridae * Latimeriidae * Latridae * Lebiasinidae * Leiognathidae * Lepidogalaxiidae * Lepidosirenidae * Lepisosteidae * Leptobramidae * Leptochariidae * Leptochilichthyidae * Leptoscopidae * Lethrinidae * Linophrynidae * Liparidae

Lo-Lu

* Lobotidae * Lophichthyidae * Lophiidae * Lophotidae * Loricariidae * Lotidae * Luciocephalidae * Lutjanidae * Luvaridae

M

#Ma-Mi, Ma-Mi - #Mo-My, Mo-My ----

Ma-Mi

* Macrouridae * Malacanthidae * Malapteruridae * Mastacembelidae * Megachasmidae * Megalomycteridae * Megalopidae * Melamphaidae * Melanocetidae * Melanonidae * Melanotaeniidae * Menidae * Merlucciidae * Microdesmidae * Microstomatidae * Mirapinnidae * Mitsukurinidae * Mochokidae * Molidae * Monacanthidae * Monocentridae * Monodactylidae * Monognathidae * Moridae * Moringuidae * Mormyridae * Moronidae * Mugilidae * Mullidae * Muraenesocidae * Muraenidae * Muraenolepididae * Myctophidae * Myliobatidae * Myrocongridae * Myxinidae

N

* Nandidae * Narcinidae * Nematistiidae * Nematogenyidae * Nemichthyidae * Nemipteridae * Neoceratiidae * Neoscopelidae * Neosebastidae * Nettastomatidae * Nomeidae * Normanichthyidae * Notacanthidae * Notocheiridae * Notograptidae * Notopteridae * Notosudidae * Nototheniidae

O

* Odacidae * Odontaspididae * Odontobutidae * Ogcocephalidae * Olyridae * Omosudidae * Oneirodidae * Ophichthidae * Ophidiidae * Opisthoproctidae * Opistognathidae * Oplegnathidae * Orectolobidae * Oreosomatidae * Osmeridae * Osphronemidae * Arowana, Osteoglossidae * Ostraciidae * Ostracoberycidae * Oxynotidae

P

#Pa-Pe, Pa-Pe - #Ph-Pl, Ph-Pl - #Po-Pr, Po-Pr - #Ps-Pt, Ps-Pt ----

Pa-Pe

* Pangasiidae * Pantodontidae * Parabembridae * Parabrotulidae * Parakysidae moved to Akysidae * Paralepididae * Paralichthyidae * Parascorpididae * Parascylliidae * Paraulopidae * Parazenidae * Parodontidae * Pataecidae * Pegasidae * Pempheridae * Pentacerotidae * Percichthyidae * Percidae * Perciliidae * Percophidae * Percopsidae * Peristediidae * Petromyzontidae

Ph-Pl

* Phallostethidae * Pholidae * Pholidichthyidae * Phosichthyidae * Phractolaemidae * Phycidae * Pimelodidae * Pinguipedidae * Platycephalidae * Platytroctidae * Plecoglossidae * Plectrogenidae * Plesiobatidae * Plesiopidae * Pleuronectidae * Plotosidae

Po-Pr

* Poeciliidae * Polycentridae * Polymixiidae * Polynemidae * Polyodontidae * Polyprionidae * Polypteridae * Pomacanthidae * Pomacentridae * Pomatomidae * Potamotrygonidae * Priacanthidae * Pristidae * Pristiophoridae * Prochilodontidae * Profundulidae * Proscylliidae * Protopteridae

Ps-Pt

* Psettodidae * Pseudaphritidae * Pseudocarchariidae * Pseudochromidae * Pseudomugilidae * Pseudopimelodidae * Pseudotriakidae * Pseudotrichonotidae * Psilorhynchidae * Psychrolutidae * Ptereleotridae * Ptilichthyidae

R

* Rachycentridae * Radiicephalidae * Rajidae * Regalecidae * Retropinnidae * Rhamphichthyidae * Rhamphocottidae * Rhincodontidae * Rhinobatidae * Rhinochimaeridae * Rhyacichthyidae * Rivulidae * Rondeletiidae

S

#Sa-Sc, Sa-Sc - #Se-St, Se-St - #Su-Sy, Su-Sy ----

Sa-Sc

* Saccopharyngidae * Salangidae * Salmonidae * Samaridae * Scaridae * Scatophagidae * Schilbeidae * Schindleriidae * Sciaenidae * Scoloplacidae * Scomberesocidae * Scombridae * Scombrolabracidae * Scombropidae * Scopelarchidae * Scophthalmidae * Scorpaenidae * Scyliorhinidae * Scytalinidae

Se-St

* Sebastidae * Serranidae * Serrasalmidae * Serrivomeridae * Setarchidae * Siganidae * Sillaginidae * Siluridae * Sisoridae * Soleidae * Solenostomidae * Sparidae * Sphyraenidae * Sphyrnidae * Squalidae * Squatinidae * Stegostomatidae * Stephanoberycidae * Sternoptychidae * Sternopygidae * Stichaeidae * Stomiidae * Stromateidae * Stylephoridae

Su-Sy

* Sundasalangidae * Symphysanodontidae * Synanceiidae * Synaphobranchidae * Synbranchidae * Syngnathidae * Synodontidae

T

* Telmatherinidae * Terapontidae * Tetrabrachiidae * Tetragonuridae * Tetraodontidae * Tetrarogidae * Thaumatichthyidae * Torpedinidae * Toxotidae * Trachichthyidae * Trachinidae * Trachipteridae * Triacanthidae * Triacanthodidae * Triakidae * Trichiuridae * Trichodontidae * Trichomycteridae * Trichonotidae * Triglidae * Triodontidae * Tripterygiidae

U

* Umbridae * Uranoscopidae * Urolophidae

V

* Valenciidae * Veliferidae

X

* Xenisthmidae * Xiphiidae

Z

* Zanclidae * Zaniolepididae * Zaproridae * Zeidae * Zenionidae * Zoarcidae

A