atherinidae

English Thesaurus

1. small spiny-finned fishes of both salt and fresh water (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	fish family,
definition	:	any of various families of fish (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	silverside, silversides,
definition	:	small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	atherinopsis, genus atherinopsis,
definition	:	a genus of Atherinidae (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	mugiloidea, suborder mugiloidea,
definition	:	fishes distinguished by abdominal pelvic fins: families Mugilidae; Atherinidae; Sphyraenidae (noun.animal)