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Common names of fish can refer to a single species; to an entire group of species, such as a genus or family; or to multiple unrelated species or groups. Ambiguous common names are accompanied by their possible meanings. Scientific names for individual species and higher taxa are included in parentheses.
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This is a list of fish families sorted alphabetically by scientific name. There are 525 families in the list.
Some male squids, mainly deep-water species, have instead evolved a penis longer than their own body length, the longest penis in any free-living animals. It is assumed these males simply attach a spermatophore anywhere on a female's body. [115] An indication of sexual maturity of females is the development of brachial photophores to attract mates.
Cephalopholis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, groupers from the subfamily Epinephelinae in the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. Many of the species have the word "hind" as part of their common name in English .
Sepiidae is a family of cephalopods in the order Sepiida.It includes 116 recognized species, a few of which need further verification. A 2023 paper revived several genera and elevated some subgenera to full genus level; [3] this classification scheme has been accepted by WoRMS. [4]