quillfish
fish
Also known as: Ptilichthys goodei
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Quillfish are small, slender blennies belonging to the family Ptilichthyidae, found in the North Pacific Ocean. These fish are a type of teleost, which are ray-finned bony fishes. Ostariophysans, a group of primitive bony fishes, are closely related to clupeiforms and are classified together in the clade Otocephala. The relationships among the five ostariophysan orders have been extensively studied by ichthyologists.12
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