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Tetraodontiformes

An order of ray-finned fish, also called the Plectognathi. Sometimes these are classified as a suborder of the Perciformes. Various bizarre forms are included here:

Balistidae (triggerfishes)
Monacanthidae[?] (filefishes[?])
Ostraciidae[?] (boxfishes[?])
Tetraodontidae[?] (pufferfishes)
Diodontidae[?] (porcupinefishes)
Molidae[?] (ocean sunfish[?])

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