Image: Spiny Pufferfish palate, lower surface
The image shows a beautifully polished bone sent to the Australian Museum for identification in 1998 by V. Eime. It is the lower surface of a Spiny Pufferfish palate.
- Photographer:
- Carl Bento
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
- Common name:
- Spiny Pufferfishes
- Family:
- Diodontidae
- Order:
- Tetraodontiformes
Additional information
The fused beak-like teeth that characterise the Spiny Pufferfishes (Family Diodontidae) have been worn away.
The bone was found on the coast of Groote Eylandt, Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory.
References:
1. Gregory, W.K. 1959. Fish Skulls. A Study of the Evolution of Natural Mechanisms. Erik Lundberg. Laurel, Florida. Pp. 481.
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Tags Fishes, Ichthyology, Spiny Pufferfish palate, palate, Spiny Pufferfish, Diodontidae,
