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Hemiscyllidae

Longtail Carpet or Bamboo Sharks

(Hemi-: “half", Scyllium (from skylion): small dog or whelp)

Includes: Whitespotted Bamboo Shark, Brown Banded Bamboo Sharks, Epaulettes

*All found in West Wing

Dasyatidae

Whiptail Rays

(Dasyatis: “Rough” or “Dense”)

Includes: Southern stingray, Atlantic stingray, Leopard whipray, Bluespotted stingray, Blue spotted ribbontail

*Found in west wing, except for southern stingray in GOT

Scyliorhinidae

Cat Sharks

(Skylion: “Dogfish” or “Small Shark",

Rhinos: “Nose”)

Includes; Coral Cat Shark, Chain Cat Shark, Cloudy Cat Shark.

*Found in west wing and cold marine

Myliobatidae

Eagle rays

(Mylios: “Mill” or “Molar” in referance to their grinding teeth

Batis: “Flat fish”)

Includes: Cownose ray

*Found in west wing and GOT

Trygonorrhinidae

Fiddler rays

(Trygon: “Sting ray”

Rhinos: “Nose”)

Includes: Fiddler ray

*Found in west wing

Neoceratodontidae

Australian lungfish

(Neo: “New”

Cerato: “Horn”

Odont: “Tooth”)

*found in temperate

Polypteridae

Bichirs & Reedfish

(Poly: “Many”

Pteron: “Wing” or “Fin”)

Includes: Reedfish, Barred bichir, Saddled bichir, Ornate bichir, Shortfin bichir, Nile bichir

*Found in temperate

Lepisosteidae

South American lungfish

(Lepis: “Scale”

Seiren: “Serpent” or “Siren”)

*found in temperate

Acipenseridae

Sturgeons

(Acus: “Needle”

Pensum: “Weight”)

Includes: Shovelnose sturgeon

*Found in temperate

Mormyridae

Freshwater elephantfish

(Can’t find anything for etymology tbh)

Includes: Baby whale, Donkeyface elephantnose, Angolan elephant fish, Long nose mormyrid, Double nosed elephantnose, Wormjawed mormyrid, Peter’s elephantnose, Elephant fish, Freshwater dolphinfish

*Found in temperate

Osteoglossidae

Bony tongues, AKA Arowanas

(Osteon: “Bone”

Glosso: “Tongue”)

Includes: African arowana, Asian arowana

*found in temperate

Muraenidae

Moray eels AKA Cosmopolitan eels

(Muraina: “Moray”)

Includes: Green moray eel, Goldentail moray, Chain moray

*Found in GOT (Green moray) and Yawkey

Congridae

Conger & Garden eels

(Conger: “Sea eel”

Can also think of them as ‘congregating’ since the garden eels are pretty close together)

Includes: Yellow garden eel

*Found in Yawkey

Cyprinidae

Minnows, Daces, Shiners

(Kyprinos: “Carp”)

Includes: Common shiner, Golden shiner, Fallfish, Blacknose dace, Longnose dace

*found in freshwater/NA

Acestrorhamphidae

American tetras

(Akestra: “Piercing tool”

Rhamphos: “Curved beak/snout)

in reference to their pointed snouts)

Includes: Bleeding heart tetra, Rummynose tetra, Cardinal terta, X-ray tetra, Black skirt tetra

*found in freshwater/SA

Serrasalmidae

Serrated salmon

(Serran: “Saw”

Fun fact, Pirãîa: Tupi for “Scissors”)

Includes: Red-belly pirahna, Redhook silver dollar, Plain silver dollar

*found in freshwater/SA

Loricariidae

Armored catfishes & Plecos

(Lorica: “Armor” or “Breast plate”)

Includes: Bridtlenose pleco, Stick catfish, Sucker catfish, Redfin sternella pleco, Whiptail catfish

*found in freshwater/SA

Callichthyidae

Corys

(Kalli: “Beautiful”)

Includes: Sand’s cory, Peppered catfish, Smudge spot cory, Bronze catfish

*found in Freshwater/SA

Pimelodidae

Long whiskered catfishes

(Pimele: “Fat”

Odous: “Teeth”)

Includes: Redtail catfish

*found in freshwater/SA

Gymnotidae

Naked-back knifefishes

(Gymnos: “Naked”)

Includes: Electric knifefish

*found in freshwater/SA

Salmonidae

Salmon

(self explanatory lol)

Includes: Brook trout, Atlantic salmon

*found in freshwater/NA

Fundulidae

Kilifish

(Fundus: “Bottom” due to them sticking to shallow waters or being observed to go deep)

Includes: Banded killifish, Mummichog

*found in freshwater and cold marine respectively

Holocentridae

Squirrelfishes

(Holos: “Whole”

Kentron: “Sharp point” in reference to spiny dorsal fins)

Includes: Common, Longspine, Blackbar, Longjaw, Crown, Redcoat, and Dusky squirrelfish. And Cardinal soldierfish.

Syngnathidae

Seahorses and Pipefish

(Sun: “Together”

Gnathos: “Jaw” in reference to their fused jaw found in every member of the family.)

Includes: Potbelly, Lined, and Dwarf seahorses. Also Dusky, Gulf, and Bluestriped pipefish

*found in temperate, edge of sea, yawkey and tropical

Scorpaenidae

Scorpion and Rock fishes

(Name references the venomous species within the family)

Includes: Leaf scorpionfish, Blackbelly rosefish, and tree fish. Also Copper, China, Canary, Puget sound, and Tiger rockfish

*found in cold marine, except for leaf scorpionfish in tropical

Centrarchidae

Sunfishes

(Kentron: “Centeral”

Archos: “Ruler”, in reference to how they dominate their spaces)

Includes: Banded sunfish, Pumpkinseed sunfish

*found in freshwater

Moronidae

Temperate Basses

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Includes: White perch, Striped bass

*found in freshwater and cold marine respectively

Serranidae

Marine basses

Includes: Coney, Spanish flag, Indigo hamlet, Cave basslet, Twospot basslet, Stocky basslet

Sunburst, Disbar, Blotched, Scalefin and Redbar anthias.

Goliath, Red, Snowy, and Gag grouper

Also, Black sea, Hawkfish sea, Chalk and Harlequin bass

Grammatidae

Basslets

Apongonidae

Cardinal fishes

Carangidae

Jacks

Lutjanidae

Snappers

Haemulidae

Grunts

Scianidae

Drums

Mullidae

Goatfishes

Priacanthidae

Bigeyes

Chaetodontidae

Butterflyfishes

Pomacanthidae

Angelfishes

Labridae

Blennidae

Gobiidae

Acanthuridae

Siganidae

Pleuronectidae

Right-eyed flat fishes

Balistidae

Triggerfish

Monacanthidae

Filefishes

Ostraciidae

Cowfishes

Tetraodontidae

True Pufferfish

(Tetra: “Four”

Odont: “Teeth)

Includes:

Diodontidae

Porcupine and Burr fishes

(Dio: “Two”

Odont: “Teeth”)