family Chaetodontidae

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

family Chaetodontidae - butterfly fishes Chaetodontidaefish family - any of various families of fishorder Perciformes, order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi - one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tunabutterfly fish - small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins; found worldwidegenus Chaetodon - type genus of the Chaetodontidaegenus Pomacanthus, Pomacanthus - angelfishes