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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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