what family do fish live in
Some of the major groups of ray-finned fishes (roughly in order of origin on the family tree) are: 1  Holostei: the gars and bowfins. 2  Osteoglossiformes: the bony-tongued fishes. 3  Elopomorpha: tarpon, bonefishes, eels, and gulpers.  Clupeomorpha: herrings, anchovies.