Ecomorphological relationships among Caribbean tetraodontiform fishes
Journal of Zoology, 1994The anatomy of the oral jaw apparatus, lever‐arm mechanics and the diet of six species of Caribbean fishes in the order Tetraodontiformes were investigated to explore the relationships between trophic morphology and feeding habit in these fishes. Tetraodontiforms use their oral jaw apparatus to capture and reduce a broad range of prey types such as ...
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Thamnaconus hypargyreus (Tetraodontiformes: Monacanthidae)
Mitochondrial DNA Part A, 2014Lesser-spotted leatherjacket Thamnaconus hypargyreus (Tetraodontiformes: Monacanthidae) is an economically important fish species in the South China Sea. In this study, we designed 15 pairs of primers for amplification of the mitochondrial fragments of T. hypargyreus by PCR.
Yufang, Li +6 more
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A description of the smallest Triodon on record (Teleostei: Tetraodontiformes: Triodontidae)
Ichthyological Research, 2005The smallest known specimen (20 mm standard length: SL) of Triodon macropterus Lesson is described and illustrated. It is easily distinguished from superficially similar tetraodontid and diodontid larvae or early juveniles of comparable size by the following characters: separate premaxillae in conjunction with the fused dentaries; the presence of ...
Johnson, G. David, Britz, Ralf
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Phylogenetic Relationships of Aracanin Genera of Boxfishes (Ostraciidae: Tetraodontiformes)
Copeia, 1983A cladistic analysis of the external characters, osteology and myology of the seven genera currently assigned to the ostraciid (trunkfishes and boxfishes) subfamily Aracaninae (boxfishes) results in our proposal of its division into two tribes, the Aracanini (Aracana, Strophiurichthys, Anoplocapros, Caprichthys and Capropygia) and the Kentrocaprini ...
Richard Winterbottom, James C. Tyler
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Occurrence of toxins, other than paralysing type, in the skin of tetraodontiformes fish
Toxicon, 1997Puffer fish (Tetraodontidae and Diodontidae) possess paralysing toxins (tetrodotoxin and analogues) that are secreted upon stimulation. In a previous work it was demonstrated that mucous secretion from the puffer fish Sphoeroides spengleri, when mixed in sea water passing through the orobranchial cavity of groupers, induced cardiorespiratory ...
E L, Malpezzi +2 more
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[Geometrical motives in the Tetraodontiformes fishes morphology].
Zhurnal obshchei biologii, 2009Analysis of features of the Ostraciontidae (boxfishes) and Diodontidae (porcupinefishes) families revealed their morphological dualism, also known in combinatorial geometry and crystallography as the dualism of the Dirichlet tiling and that of Delaunay.
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A checklist on taxonomic diversity of order Tetraodontiformes (Actinopterygii) from Indian waters
ZootaxaThe present study compiles a comprehensive review of the taxonomic diversity of the order Tetraodontiformes in Indian waters. Members of this order primarily inhabit benthic and demersal ecosystems in tropical and subtropical regions, where they play important ecological roles in structuring benthic communities.
HONEY UNNIKRISHNA PILLAI +2 more
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Overview of the Anatomy of Ocean Sunfishes (Molidae: Tetraodontiformes)
2020Katherine E. Bemis +3 more
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Ontogeny of the Jaw Apparatus and Suspensorium of the Tetraodontiformes
Acta Zoologica, 2012David Johnson
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