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Order: Tetraodontiformes (L.S. Berg,1940)
- Highly Derived ray-finned fish, also called Plectognathi
- Represented by 10 families, with approximately 360 species
- Most are marine and dwell in and around tropical coral reefs
- No close relatives. Descend from a line of coral dwelling species that emerged 40 million years ago
- Various bizarre forms of bodies, all radical departures from the streamlined body typical of most fish
Family: Aracanidae Hollard, 1860
Scientific Name: Aracana aurita (Shaw, 1798)
Common Name: Shaw’s Cowfish
Photo by Paul Sorensen. Taken Victoria, Blairgowrie Pier 21.10.2010
Scientific Name: Aracana ornata (Gray, 1838)
Common Name: Ornate Cowfish_Female
Photo by Paul Sorensen. Taken Victoria, Blairgowrie Pier 04.05.2022
Common Name: Ornate Cowfish_Male
Family: Balistidae Rafinesque, 1810
Scientific Name: Balistoides viridescens (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Common Name: Titan Triggerfish
Photo by Paul Sorensen. Taken Philippines, Dauin 23.09.2016
Family: Diodontidae Bonaparte, 1835
Scientific Name: Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
Common Name: Longspined Porcupinefish
Photo by Paul Sorensen. Taken Philippines, Dauin 23.09.2016
Family: Ostraciidae Rafinesque, 1810
Scientific Name: Ostracion cubicum (Linnaeus,1758)
Common Name: Yellow Boxfish
Photo by Paul Sorensen. Taken Philippines, Apo Island 02.11.2018
Scientific Name: Ostracion solorense Bleeker, 1853
Common Name: Striped Boxfish
Photo by Paul Sorensen. Taken Philippines, Puerto Galera 10.10.2022
Family: Tetraodontidae Bonaparte, 1831
Scientific Name: Arothron manilensis (Marion de Procé, 1822)
Common Name: Narrowlined Pufferfish
Photo by Paul Sorensen. Taken Indonesia, Tulamben 16.10.2011
Scientific Name: Arothron mappa (Lesson, 1831)
Common Name: Map Puffer
Photo by Paul Sorensen. Taken Indonesia, Tulamben 23.09.2016
Scientific Name: Tetractenos glaber (Fréminville, 1813)
Common Name: Smooth Toadfish
Photo by Paul Sorensen. Taken Victoria, Flinders Pier 07.02.2015