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Which fish group has been proposed as a close relative of tetraodontiform fishes by molecular studies?
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tetraodontiform
Scrawled filefish (Aluterus scriptus)
Molecular studies conducted by Mutsumi Nishida, Masaki Miya, and their colleagues have proposed that the Tetraodontiformes are closely related to the Lophiiformes, which include the anglerfishes and their allies. However, this hypothesis remains subject to further testing using both morphological and additional molecular data.1