fish family
C14877
concept
A fish family is a taxonomic rank grouping closely related genera of fish that share common evolutionary ancestry and distinctive morphological or genetic traits.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| fish family canonical | 220 |
| catfish family | 10 |
| cyprinid | 2 |
| eel family | 2 |
| frogfish | 2 |
| flatfish family | 1 |
| lamprey family | 1 |
| marine ray-finned fish family | 1 |
| venomous fish taxon | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: fish family
Generated description
A fish family is a taxonomic rank grouping closely related genera of fish that share common evolutionary ancestry and distinctive morphological or genetic traits.
Instances (223)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Ictaluridae | — |
| Gadidae | — |
|
Normanichthys
surface form:
Normanichthyidae
|
— |
| Antarctic scorpionfishes | — |
| Abyssocottidae | — |
| Zoarcidae | — |
| Anarhichadidae | — |
| Lycodapodidae | — |
| Bathymasteridae | — |
| Stichaeidae | — |
| Pholidae | — |
| Cryptacanthodidae | — |
| Ptilichthyidae | — |
| Zaniolepididae | — |
| Chitonotidae | — |
| Hypoptychidae | — |
| Aulorhynchidae | — |
| Indostomidae | — |
| Gasterosteidae | — |
| Madagascar rainbowfishes | — |
| Batrachoididae | — |
| New World silversides | — |
| Thalassophrynidae | — |
|
silver arawana
surface form:
Osteoglossidae
|
— |
|
threadfin breams (Nemipteridae)
surface form:
Nemipteridae
|
— |
|
jawfishes (Opistognathidae)
surface form:
Opistognathidae
|
— |
| Labridae | — |
| Scaridae | — |
| Gempylidae | — |
| Trichiuridae | — |
| Xiphiidae | — |
| Istiophoridae | — |
| Zanclidae | — |
| Luvaridae | — |
| Ephippidae | — |
| Siganidae | — |
| Blenniidae | — |
| Tripterygiidae | — |
| Clinidae | — |
| Labrisomidae | — |
| Chaenopsidae | — |
| Dactyloscopidae | — |
| Pholidichthyidae | — |
| Nototheniidae | — |
| Bathydraconidae | — |
| Artedidraconidae | — |
| Harpagiferidae | — |
| Bovichtidae | — |
| Pseudaphritidae | — |
| Eleginopsidae | — |