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Family Diodontidae
Body globular and highly inflatable by swallowing water or air to deter predators; scales modified into large sharp spines with large subdermal bases; teeth fused into single beak-like plate in each jaw; jaws without median suture. Dorsal fin and anal fin more or less rounded and set far back on body; no pelvic fins; no fin spines. Gill opening a small vertical slit immediately before pectoral-fin base. Lateral line inconspicuous. Vertebrae 18–23.
History
Publication title
Coastal Fishes of the Western Indian OceanVolume
5Edition
1stEditors
PC Heemstra, E Heemstra, DA Ebert, W Holleman and JE RandallPagination
474-480ISBN
9781990951275Department/School
Institute for Marine and Antarctic StudiesPublisher
South African Institute for Aquatic BiodiversityPlace of publication
South AfricaExtent
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