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cladogram of
extant Tetraodontiformes is
based on
Santini et al., 2013.
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Tetraodontidae is a
family of
marine and
freshwater fish in the
order Tetraodontiformes. The
family includes many
familiar species variously called pufferfish...
- make up the order.
Given this, and
their close relationship to the
Tetraodontiformes,
which are
known from
Cretaceous fossils, they
likely originated during...
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family Molidae. It
shares many
traits common to
members in the
order Tetraodontiformes including pufferfish, porcupinefish, and
filefish like
having a beak...
- medium-to-large fish
belonging to the
family Diodontidae from the
order Tetraodontiformes which are also
commonly called blowfish and, sometimes, balloonfish...
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marine fish. This fish
belongs to the
order Tetraodontiformes,
which includes pufferfish.
Tetraodontiformes are
typically found in
temperate seas around...
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Ostraciontidae is a
family of squared, bony fish
belonging to the
order Tetraodontiformes,
closely related to the
pufferfishes and filefishes. Fish in the family...
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normally retracted into a groove.
Characteristic of the
order Tetraodontiformes, the anal and
posterior dorsal fins are
capable of
undulating from...
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erect when the fish is inflated.
Dwarf pufferfish, like many
other Tetraodontiformes,
produce tetrodotoxin, a
highly lethal neurotoxin for
which there...
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pharyngeal teeth,
which are long and claw-like.
Typical of a
member of
Tetraodontiformes,
their teeth are
fused into a beak-like structure,
making it impossible...
