Pufferfishes, Porcupinefishes, and Molas
Tetraodontoidei
Tetraodontiformes (/tɛtrə.ɒˈdɒntɪfɔːrmiːz/), also known as the Plectognathi, is an order of ray-finned fishes which includes the pufferfishes and related taxa. This order has been classified as a suborder of the order Perciformes, although recent studies have found that it, as the Tetraodontoidei, is a sister taxon to the anglerfish order Lophiiformes, called Lophiodei, and have placed both taxa within the Acanthuriformes. The Tetraodontiformes are represented by 10 extant families and at around 430 species overall. The...
4 branches of this suborder, most-observed first · about 218 known species
Pufferfishes
familyTetraodontidae
Porcupinefishes
familyDiodontidae
Molas
familyMolidae
Threetooth Pufferfishes
familyTriodontidae
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1303584.