Image: Porcupinefish, upper jaw
Upper jaw (roof of mouth) of a Porcupinefish found washed up on the beach.
- Photographer:
- Ian Merrington
- Rights:
- © Ian Merrington @ DPI Fisheries
- Order:
- Tetradontiformes
Additional information
The front of the jaw, which forms a cutting ridge is to the bottom of the image. The palate (centre of image) is used to crush food items.
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Tags Fishes, ichthyology, Porcupinefish, jaw, Diodon, Diodontidae,
