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Stephanoberyciformes
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Stephanoberyciformes

fish order
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  • A porcupine fish in the Andaman Sea
    fish
    / Annotated classification

    Order Stephanoberyciformes (whalefishes, bigscale fishes, and allies) Body roundish, skull bones extremely thin, subocular shelf absent; supramaxilla reduced or absent; uniquely modified extrascapular bone. 9 families, 28 genera, and about 75 species. Marine. Order Beryciformes (squirrelfishes and

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    Order Stephanoberyciformes (whalefishes, bigscale fishes, and allies) Body roundish, skull bones extremely thin, subocular shelf absent; supramaxilla reduced or absent; uniquely modified extrascapular bone. 9 families, 28 genera, and about 75 species. Marine. Order Beryciformes (squirrelfishes and

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