Order
Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes)
Mola mola. Photo: (c) Mourad Gabriel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
The Tetraodontiformes are an order of highly derived ray-finned fish, also called the Plectognathi. Sometimes these are classified as a suborder of the order Perciformes. The Tetraodontiformes are represented by 10 extant families and at least 349 species overall; most are marine and dwell in and around tropical coral reefs, but a few species are found in freshwater streams and estuaries. They have no close relatives, and descend from a line of coral-dwelling species that emerged…
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
- Order: Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes)
- Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
