List of fish families

This is a list of fish families sorted alphabetically by scientific name. There are 525 families in the list.

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

A
Ab-Am - An-Ap - 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
 * Aphaniidae
 * 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 - Ce - Ch - Ci-Cu - 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
 * 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 - 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 - Mo-My

Ma-Mi

 * Macrouridae
 * Malacanthidae
 * Malapteruridae
 * Mastacembelidae
 * Megachasmidae
 * Megalomycteridae
 * Megalopidae
 * Melamphaidae
 * Melanocetidae
 * Melanonidae
 * Melanotaeniidae
 * Menidae
 * Merlucciidae
 * Microdesmidae
 * Microstomatidae
 * Mirapinnidae
 * Mitsukurinidae

Mo-My

 * 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
 * Osteoglossidae
 * Ostraciidae
 * Ostracoberycidae
 * Oxynotidae

P
Pa-Pe - Ph-Pl - Po-Pr - 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 - Se-St - 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