Stromateidae
plural nounStro·ma·te·i·dae | \ ˌstrōməˈtēəˌdē \
Definition of Stromateidae
: a large family of chiefly small marine fishes (such as the harvest fish and the dollarfish) having a short compressed body, smooth scales, feeble spines, and a series of toothlike processes in the esophagus behind the pharyngeal bones that with a few related forms constitutes a distinct suborder of Percomorphi
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