The redear sunfish ( family Centrarchidae ) has thick pharyngeal teeth composed of hard, movable plates, which it uses to crush the exoskeletons of prey.
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Defining physical characteristics such as the number and type of fin rays, type of scales, and pattern of pharyngeal teeth are used to distinguish minnows.
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They differ from " Rutilus " by the lack of spinous tubercles on scales and head in reproductive males, and also in the pharyngeal teeth formula.
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The Chinese high fin banded shark ( " Myxocyprinus asiaticus " ) ( family Catostomidae ) has a single row of pharyngeal teeth with comb-like arrangements.
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The mouth cone ( " everted pharynx " ) of a possible new species of " Meiopriapulus ", a marine worm in the Priapulida, bears pharyngeal teeth.
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The shiner only has pharyngeal teeth ( teeth located on the back of the fish's throat on its gill arches ), similar to the teeth of other omnivorous shiners.
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Its pharyngeal teeth ( teeth in the throat ) afford cichlids so many " niche " feeding strategies, because the jaws pick and hold food, while the pharyngeal teeth crush the prey.
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Its pharyngeal teeth ( teeth in the throat ) afford cichlids so many " niche " feeding strategies, because the jaws pick and hold food, while the pharyngeal teeth crush the prey.
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Their jaws are aided by powerful muscles, and many species also have pharyngeal teeth to further process prey items, because the Tetraodontiformes prey mostly on hard-shelled invertebrates such as crustaceans and shellfish.
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While other groups of fish, such as cichlids, also possess pharyngeal teeth, the cypriniformes'teeth grind against a chewing pad on the base of the skull, instead of an upper pharyngeal jaw.
