- coral-dwelling
species that
emerged around 80
million years ago. The
oldest tetraodontiforms are the
extinct superfamily Plectocretacicoidea from the Late Cretaceous...
- ca. 66 Ma ago. The
oldest known percomorph fossils are of the
early tetraodontiforms Protriacanthus and
Cretatriacanthidae from the
Santonian to Campanian...
- The
Monte Bolca species, E. pygmaeus,
coexisted with
several other tetraodontiforms,
including an
extinct species of diodontid,
primitive boxfish (Proaracana...
-
shape is
unique among known fishes, only
comparable to some
Paleogene tetraodontiforms, and
suggests an
ostraciiform locomotion. Nursall, J. Ralph; Cap****o...
-
their dorsal fin in
combination with
their anal fin for
propulsion (
tetraodontiform propulsion) Anal/cloacal fin The anal/cloacal fin is
located on the...
-
Ocean sunfish, for example, have a
completely different system, the
tetraodontiform mode, and many
small fish use
their pectoral fins for
swimming as well...
- semi-protected
seaward reefs. Matsuura, K. (2014):
Taxonomy and
systematics of
tetraodontiform fishes: a
review focusing primarily on
progress in the
period from...
-
filefish (Monacanthidae) are a
diverse family of
tropical to
subtropical tetraodontiform marine fish,
which are also
known as foolfish,
leatherjackets or shingles...
-
species Matsuura,
Keiichi (January 2015). "Taxonomy and
systematics of
tetraodontiform fishes: a
review focusing primarily on
progress in the
period from...
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Retrieved 2023-01-13. Matsuura, K (2014). "Taxonomy and
systematics of
tetraodontiform fishes: a
review focusing primarily on
progress in the
period from...
