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Which soft-bodied animals are often eaten by ocean sunfishes?
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tetraodontiform
Scrawled filefish (Aluterus scriptus)
Ocean sunfishes, which belong to the order Tetraodontiformes, often feed extensively on soft-bodied invertebrates such as jellyfishes (medusae). While many other members of this order possess massive, fused teeth adapted for consuming hard-shelled prey like crustaceans, mollusks, and echinoderms, the ocean sunfish utilizes its specialized jaws to target these soft-bodied organisms.1