Labels:background | bulletin board | dialog box | hakham | tv OCR: TETRAODONTIDAE Puffers. The scientific name of this fami- refers the fishes' teeth: four sharp plates of bone that enable them to crush shellfish. The name T puffer" refers the fish's habit pumping water into subdermal spaces to enlarge its body Puffers use this mechanism wedge themselves into small crevices of the reef thereby protecting them- selves from larger predators These fishes are especially com- mon in the near-shore waters southern Florida; however, about ten puffer species are found throughout the Caribbean 1OF3
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