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

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

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