threetooth puffer
fish
Also known as: Triodontidae
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annotated classification
- In tetraodontiform: Annotated classification
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 suborder). Body somewhat elongate; 3 fused teeth in jaws. 1 living species (Triodon bursarius); deep…
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