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Tetraodontoidei

fish suborder
Also known as: Gymnodontes
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  • Scrawled filefish (Aluterus scriptus)
    tetraodontiform
    / Annotated classification

    Suborder Tetraodontoidei (Gymnodontes)4 tooth plates, 2 in each jaw; skin bearing small erectile spines.Family Triodontidae (threetooth puffers)Most primitive member of the superfamily, the only species to retain even the pelvic bone of the pelvic fin apparatus (completely lost by all other members of…

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    Suborder Tetraodontoidei (Gymnodontes)4 tooth plates, 2 in each jaw; skin bearing small erectile spines.Family Triodontidae (threetooth puffers)Most primitive member of the superfamily, the only species to retain even the pelvic bone of the pelvic fin apparatus (completely lost by all other members of…

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