Definition of Family balistidae

1. Noun. Triggerfishes.

Exact synonyms: Balistidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Plectognathi, Order Tetraodontiformes, Plectognathi
Member holonyms: Triggerfish, Balistes, Genus Balistes, Filefish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Balistidae

family Athiorhodaceae
family Athyriaceae
family Atrichornithidae
family Atropidae
family Aulostomidae
family Auriculariaceae
family Avicenniaceae
family Azollaceae
family Babesiidae
family Bacillaceae
family Bacteroidaceae
family Balaenicipitidae
family Balaenidae
family Balaenopteridae
family Balanidae
family Balistidae
family Balsaminaceae
family Bangiaceae
family Bathyergidae
family Batidaceae
family Batrachoididae
family Begoniaceae
family Belemnitidae
family Belonidae
family Belostomatidae
family Bennettitaceae
family Berberidaceae
family Betulaceae
family Bible
family Bignoniaceae

Literary usage of Family balistidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and by Joseph Henry, Spencer Fullerton Baird, United States War Dept, United States Army. Corps of Engineers (1855)
"Family BALISTIDAE, Bona p. The body is compressed, rather short and deep, covered with either large or ..."

2. British Museum Guides: Vertrbrates by British Museum (Natural History) (1906)
"In the File-fishes (family Balistidae) the teeth remain separate and have the form of incisors. There is a spinous dorsal fin; the pelvic fins are absent, ..."

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