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Fish Species Listing

ACANTHURIDAE Surgeon fish
ALBULIDAE Bonefish
ARIIDAE Catfishes
ARIOMMIDAE Driftfishes
ATHERINIDAE Silversides
BALISTIDAE Triggerfishes, filefishes, leatherjackets
BELONIDAE Needlefish, garfish
BOTHIDAE Soles and flounders

CARANGIDAE Jacks, trevally, queenfish, and scad
CARCHARHINIDAE Reef sharks and requiem sharks
CHAETODONTIDAE Butterflyfish, coralfish
CHIROCENTRIDAE Wolf-herrings
CLUPEIDAE Herrings and sardines
CORYPHAENIDAE Dolphinfishes or dorado
CYPRINODONTIDAE Killifish
DASYATIDAE Sting rays
ECHENEIDAE Remoras, sucker fish
EXOCOETIDAE Flying fish
FISTULARIDAE Flutemouths
FORMIONIDAE Pomfret or jack-pomfret
HAEMULIDAE Sweetlips

LABRIDAE Wrasses
LEIOGNATHIDAE Slipmouths
LETHRINIDAE Emperors
LUTJANIDAE Snappers
MURAENIDAE Moray eels
MYLIOBATIDAE Eagle Rays
NEMIPTERIDAE Threadfin breams and spinecheeks
MOLIDAE Sunfish
PLATACIDAE Batfish
POMACANTHIDAE Angel fishes
PSETTODIDAE Toothed flounders
RACHYCENTRIDAE Cobia or lemon fish
RHINOBATIDAE Sand sharks or guitarfish

SCARIDAE Parrot fish
SCOMBRIDAE Tunas and mackerel
SCORPAENIDAE Scorpion or lionfish
SERRANIDAE Groupers or sea bass
SIGANIDAE Rabbitfish
SPARIDAE Seabreams
SPHYRAENIDAE Barracudas
SPHYRNIDAE Hammerhead sharks
SYNODONTIDAE Lizardfishes
THERAPONIDAE Therapons
TETRAODONTIDAE Puffer fish
TORPEDINIDAE Electric ray

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