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Order Tetraodontiformes

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Order Tetraodontiformes (2 suborders, 7 superfamilies, 11 families, 320 species)

• Suborder Balistoidei (3 superfamilies, 6 families)
  • Superfamily Triacanthoidea (2 families)
    • Family Triacanthodidae
      Spikefish
    • Family Tracanthidae
      Triple Spine
  • Superfamily Balistoidea (2 families)
    • Family Balistidae (30 species)
      Triggerfish
      • Genus Balistes
        • Balistes vetula
          Queen Triggerfish
      • Genus Rhinecanthus
        • Rhinecanthus aculeatus
    • Family Monacanthidae
      Filefish
      • Genus Aluterus
        • Aluterus scriptus
          Scrawled Filefish
  • Superfamily Ostraciontoidea (2 families)
    • Family Aracanidae
      Keeled Boxfish
    • Family Ostraciontidae
      Boxfish, Trunkfish or Cowfish
• Suborder Tetradontoidei (4 superfamilies, 5 families)
  • Superfamily Triodontoidea (1 family, 1 genus, 1 species)
    • Family Triodontidae (1 genus, 1 species)
      Pursefish
  • Superfamily Tetraodontoidea (2 families, 102 species)
    • Family Tetraodontidae (90 species)
      Puffer Fish
    • Family Canthigasteridae (1 genus, 12 species)
      Sharp-nosed Puffer Fish
      • Genus Canthigaster (12 species)
  • Superfamily Diodontoidea (1 family)
    • Family Diodontidae
      • Genus Diodon
        • Diodon hystrix
          Porcupine Fish
      • Genus Chilomycterus
        Burrfish
  • Superfamily Molidae (1 family)
    • Family Molidae
      Ocean Sunfish

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