Balistoidei
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| Balistoidei Temporal range: | |
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| Grey triggerfish (Balistes capriscus) | |
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| Monacanthus chinensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Suborder: | Balistoidei Rafinesque, 1810 |
| Families | |
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Balistoidei, or Sclerodermi, is a suborder of ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Tetraodontiformes, the order which includes the pufferfishes, ocean sunfishes, boxfishes and related fishes. This suborder comprises four extant and at least four extinct families, the extant species in this taxon are widespread throughout the tropical and temperate seas of the world.
Balistoidei was proposed as a taxonomic grouping by Rafinesque in 1810[1] and is recognised by the 5th edition of the Fishes of the World as a suborder of the order Tretraodontiformes.[2] Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes also recognises the Balistoidei but includes the Aracanidae and the Ostraciidae within it.[3] On the other hand, other authorities do not recognise any taxa between the level of family and suborder in their Tetraodontoidei.[4]
Families
Balistoidei contains the following families:[5][6]
- †Bolcabalistidae Santini & Tyler, 2003[6]
- †Moclaybalistidae Santini & Tyler, 2003[6]
- † Eospinidae Santini & Tyler, 2003[6]
- Balistidae Rafinesque, 1810 (Triggerfishes)
- Monacanthidae Nardo, 1843 (Filefishes)
- Superfamily Ostracioidea
- †Spinacanthidae Santini & Tyler, 2003[6]
- †Protobalistidae Gill, 1888
- Aracanidae Hollard, 1860 (deepwater boxfishes)
- Ostraciidae Rafinesque, 1810 (boxfishes)