#plectognath_fish__plectognathfish__plectognath tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines
supertype: spiny-finned_fish__acanthopterygian a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
member of: order_Plectognathi
subtype: triggerfish any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal fin
subtype: queen_triggerfish__queentriggerfish__Bessy_cerca__oldwench__oldwife__balistesvetula tropical Atlantic fish
subtype: filefish narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine
subtype: leatherfish__leatherjacket any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes
subtype: boxfish__trunkfish any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates
subtype: cowfish__Lactophrys_quadricornis trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes
subtype: puffer__blowfish__globefish any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers
subtype: spiny_puffer__spinypuffer puffers having rigid or erectile spines
subtype: porcupinefish__porcupine_fish__porcupinefish__Diodon_hystrix spines become erect when the body is inflated; worldwide in warm waters
subtype: balloonfish__Diodon_holocanthus similar to but smaller than porcupinefish
subtype: burrfish any of several fishes having rigid flattened spines
subtype: ocean_sunfish__oceansunfish__sunfish__headfish among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters
subtype: sharptail_mola__sharptailmola__Mola_lanceolata caudal fin has a central projection
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