Pharyngeal teeth
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title:
Pharyngeal teeth
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Pharyngeal teeth are teeth in the pharyngeal arch of the throat of cyprinids, suckers, and a number of other fish species otherwise lacking teeth. Many popular aquarium fish such as goldfish and loaches have these structures. Members of the genus Botia such as clown loaches are known to make distinctive clicking sounds when they grind their pharyngeal teeth. Grunts are so called because of the sound they make when they grind them. Molas are said to be able to produce sound by grinding their long
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Teeth in the throat a number of other fish species
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharyngeal_teeth
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2023-03-21T03:35:30Z
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