family Malacanthidae

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Noun

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family Malacanthidae - short-headed marine fishes; often brightly coloredMalacanthidaefish 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; tunagenus Lopholatilus, Lopholatilus - large brightly colored food fish of deep Atlantic waters