Ophicephalidae
plural noun
Ophi·ce·phal·i·dae
ˌäfəsə̇ˈfaləˌdē,
ˌōf-
: a family of elongated cylindrical carnivorous labyrinth fishes comprising the snakehead mullets of eastern Asia and Africa and usually made coextensive with a suborder of Percomorphi
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Ophicephalus, type genus (from ophi- + -cephalus) + -idae