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MeSH Heading: Tetraodontiformes
Tree Number(s): B01.050.150.900.493.875
Unique ID: D023721
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D023721
Scope Note: A small order of primarily marine fish containing 340 species. Most have a rotund or box-like shape. TETRODOTOXIN is found in their liver and ovaries.
Entry Term(s): Boxfishes; Ostraciidae; Puffer Fish; Pufferfish; Puffers; Tetraodontidae
Registry Numbers: txid31022; txid31025; txid31031
Related Numbers: txid31025; txid31031
Previous Indexing: Fishes (1981-2001)
Public MeSH Note: 2002
History Note: 2002
Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 2001/07/25
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

classification (CL)

embryology (EM)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

physiology (PH)

surgery (SU)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0367313
Registry Numbers: txid31031
Scope Note: Common name for fish of the family Tetraodontidae.
Terms: Pufferfish Preferred Term
Term UI T420933
Date08/07/2000
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2002); Tetraodontidae
Term UI T420934
Date08/07/2000
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2002); Puffers
Term UI T420935
Date08/07/2000
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2002); Puffer Fish
Term UI T420936
Date08/07/2000
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2002)

Tetraodontiformes MeSH Descriptor Data 2025