knifejaw

fish
Also known as: Oplegnathidae

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annotated classification

  • bluefin tuna
    In perciform: Annotated classification

    Family Oplegnathidae (knifejaws) Pliocene to present. Strongly resemble Scorpidae and Kyphosidae, but incisiform teeth of young become fused in adult to form a parrotlike beak to upper and lower jaws; these fishes are not related to true parrot fishes (Scaridae); several species of shorefishes mostly in tropics…

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