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How much of the world’s tropical marine fish population is made up of tetraodontiforms?

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Scrawled filefish (Aluterus scriptus) — tetraodontiform Scrawled filefish (*Aluterus scriptus*)

Tetraodontiforms make up approximately 5 percent of the world’s tropical marine fishes. This order, which includes triggerfishes, puffers, filefishes, and porcupine fishes, comprises about 360 modern species.12