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Pharyngeal teeth are teeth in the pharyngeal arch of the throat of cyprinid
Cyprinid

The Family Cyprinidae, from the Ancient Greek ??p????? , consists of the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives . They are commonly called cyprinids or carp and minnow family....
s, sucker
Catostomidae

Catostomidae is the sucker family of the order Cypriniformes. There are 80 species in this family of freshwater fish. Catostomidae are found in North America, east central China, and eastern Siberia....
s, and a number of other fish
Fish

A fish is any marine biology vertebrate animal that is typically ectothermic , covered with scale , and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins....
 species lacking teeth.

Popular aquarium fish such as goldfish
Goldfish

The goldfish is a domesticated version of the Prussian carp , a dark-gray/brown carp native to Asia. It was first bred for color in China over 1,000 years ago....
 and loaches have these structures. Members of the Botia
Botia

Botia is a genus of Fresh water fish in the Loach Family . It was a large genus with about 20 species. In 2004 Maurice Kottelat proposed in his paper to divide the genus into four related genera based on fish appearance and locality:...
 genus such as clown loaches
Clown loach

The clown loach, Chromobotia macracanthus, is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Cobitidae family. It is the sole member of the Chromobotia genus....
 are known to make distinctive clicking sounds when they grind their pharyngeal teeth. Myxocyprinus asiaticus
Myxocyprinus asiaticus

The Chinese high fin banded shark, Myxocyprinus asiaticus, is a popular freshwater community-aquarium fish that belongs to the Catostomidae family....
 (family Catostomidae
Catostomidae

Catostomidae is the sucker family of the order Cypriniformes. There are 80 species in this family of freshwater fish. Catostomidae are found in North America, east central China, and eastern Siberia....
) have a single row of pharyngeal teeth that have comb-like arrangements.

The lower pharyngeal bones of cichlids also carry specialized teeth which augment their normal mandibular teeth in the breakdown of food.

The Cape Fear Shiner
Cape Fear Shiner

The Cape Fear Shiner, Notropis mekistocholas, is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is endemism to the central part of the state of North Carolina in the southeastern United States and is only found in the shallow streams of the Cape Fear River Basin....
 (family Cyprinidae) 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.

To crunch exoskeleton
Exoskeleton

An exoskeleton is an external skeleton that supports and protects an animal's body, in contrast to the internal endoskeleton of, for example, a human skeleton....
s the Redear sunfish
Redear sunfish

The redear sunfish , also known as the shellcracker, Georgia bream, cherry gill, chinquapin, improved bream, and sun perch, is native to the southeastern United States, but since it is a popular sport fishing it has been introduced species to bodies of water all over North America....
 (family Centrarchidae
Centrarchidae

The sunfishes are a family of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the order Perciformes. The type genus is Centrarchus . The family's 27 species includes many fishes familiar to North Americans, including the rock bass, largemouth bass, bluegill, and crappies....
) has thick pharyngeal teeth composed of hard, movable plates in its throat.

The pharyngeal jaws
Pharyngeal jaws

Pharyngeal jaws are a "second set" of jaws contained within an animal's mouth, or pharynx, distinct from the primary jaws.File:Pharyngeal jaws of moray eels.svg...
 of the Moray eel
Moray eel

Moray eels are large cosmopolitan eels of the family Muraenidae. There are approximately 200 species in 15 genera. The typical length of a moray is 1.5 m , with the largest being the slender giant moray, Strophidon sathete, at up to 4 m ....
 (family Muraenidae) possess their own set of teeth.

Molidae
Molidae

Molidae is the family of the molas or ocean sunfishes, bizarre-looking fish whose bodies come to an end just behind the dorsal fin and anal fins, giving them a "half-a-fish" appearance....
 are said to be able to produce sound by grinding their pharyngeal teeth, which are long and claw-like.

The dentary of Sternarchogiton nattereri
Sternarchogiton nattereri

Sternarchogiton nattereri is a species of weakly electric fish Gymnotiformes in the family Apteronotidae. It is native to the Amazon River system and feeds on sponges....
 (family Apteronotidae) has upper and lower pharyngeal tooth plates bearing 9-11 and 7-9 teeth respectively.

In the Priapulida
Priapulida

Priapulida are a Phylum of marine worms with an extensible spiny proboscis. Priapulid fossils are known at least as far back as the Middle Cambrian....
 the mouth cone (“everted pharynx”) of a possible new species of Meiopriapulus bears pharyngeal teeth.

Fossils of the Yunnanozoon
Yunnanozoon

Yunnanozoon lividum is a suspected chordata or hemichordata from the Lower Cambrian, Chengjiang biota of Yunnan province, China.Yunnanozoon is similar to the form Haikouella, which is almost certainly a chordata....
 and Haikouella
Haikouella

Haikouella is a probable chordata from the Lower Cambrian Maotianshan shales of Chengjiang County in Yunnan Province, China.It is similar to the form Yunnanozoon, which is almost somewhat more primitive and is possibly a hemichordata....
 possess pharyngeal teeth.








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Pharyngeal teeth are teeth in the pharyngeal arch of the throat of cyprinid
Cyprinid

The Family Cyprinidae, from the Ancient Greek ??p????? , consists of the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives . They are commonly called cyprinids or carp and minnow family....
s, sucker
Catostomidae

Catostomidae is the sucker family of the order Cypriniformes. There are 80 species in this family of freshwater fish. Catostomidae are found in North America, east central China, and eastern Siberia....
s, and a number of other fish
Fish

A fish is any marine biology vertebrate animal that is typically ectothermic , covered with scale , and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins....
 species lacking teeth.

Popular aquarium fish such as goldfish
Goldfish

The goldfish is a domesticated version of the Prussian carp , a dark-gray/brown carp native to Asia. It was first bred for color in China over 1,000 years ago....
 and loaches have these structures. Members of the Botia
Botia

Botia is a genus of Fresh water fish in the Loach Family . It was a large genus with about 20 species. In 2004 Maurice Kottelat proposed in his paper to divide the genus into four related genera based on fish appearance and locality:...
 genus such as clown loaches
Clown loach

The clown loach, Chromobotia macracanthus, is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Cobitidae family. It is the sole member of the Chromobotia genus....
 are known to make distinctive clicking sounds when they grind their pharyngeal teeth. Myxocyprinus asiaticus
Myxocyprinus asiaticus

The Chinese high fin banded shark, Myxocyprinus asiaticus, is a popular freshwater community-aquarium fish that belongs to the Catostomidae family....
 (family Catostomidae
Catostomidae

Catostomidae is the sucker family of the order Cypriniformes. There are 80 species in this family of freshwater fish. Catostomidae are found in North America, east central China, and eastern Siberia....
) have a single row of pharyngeal teeth that have comb-like arrangements.

The lower pharyngeal bones of cichlids also carry specialized teeth which augment their normal mandibular teeth in the breakdown of food.

The Cape Fear Shiner
Cape Fear Shiner

The Cape Fear Shiner, Notropis mekistocholas, is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is endemism to the central part of the state of North Carolina in the southeastern United States and is only found in the shallow streams of the Cape Fear River Basin....
 (family Cyprinidae) 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.

To crunch exoskeleton
Exoskeleton

An exoskeleton is an external skeleton that supports and protects an animal's body, in contrast to the internal endoskeleton of, for example, a human skeleton....
s the Redear sunfish
Redear sunfish

The redear sunfish , also known as the shellcracker, Georgia bream, cherry gill, chinquapin, improved bream, and sun perch, is native to the southeastern United States, but since it is a popular sport fishing it has been introduced species to bodies of water all over North America....
 (family Centrarchidae
Centrarchidae

The sunfishes are a family of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the order Perciformes. The type genus is Centrarchus . The family's 27 species includes many fishes familiar to North Americans, including the rock bass, largemouth bass, bluegill, and crappies....
) has thick pharyngeal teeth composed of hard, movable plates in its throat.

The pharyngeal jaws
Pharyngeal jaws

Pharyngeal jaws are a "second set" of jaws contained within an animal's mouth, or pharynx, distinct from the primary jaws.File:Pharyngeal jaws of moray eels.svg...
 of the Moray eel
Moray eel

Moray eels are large cosmopolitan eels of the family Muraenidae. There are approximately 200 species in 15 genera. The typical length of a moray is 1.5 m , with the largest being the slender giant moray, Strophidon sathete, at up to 4 m ....
 (family Muraenidae) possess their own set of teeth.

Molidae
Molidae

Molidae is the family of the molas or ocean sunfishes, bizarre-looking fish whose bodies come to an end just behind the dorsal fin and anal fins, giving them a "half-a-fish" appearance....
 are said to be able to produce sound by grinding their pharyngeal teeth, which are long and claw-like.

The dentary of Sternarchogiton nattereri
Sternarchogiton nattereri

Sternarchogiton nattereri is a species of weakly electric fish Gymnotiformes in the family Apteronotidae. It is native to the Amazon River system and feeds on sponges....
 (family Apteronotidae) has upper and lower pharyngeal tooth plates bearing 9-11 and 7-9 teeth respectively.

In the Priapulida
Priapulida

Priapulida are a Phylum of marine worms with an extensible spiny proboscis. Priapulid fossils are known at least as far back as the Middle Cambrian....
 the mouth cone (“everted pharynx”) of a possible new species of Meiopriapulus bears pharyngeal teeth.

Fossils of the Yunnanozoon
Yunnanozoon

Yunnanozoon lividum is a suspected chordata or hemichordata from the Lower Cambrian, Chengjiang biota of Yunnan province, China.Yunnanozoon is similar to the form Haikouella, which is almost certainly a chordata....
 and Haikouella
Haikouella

Haikouella is a probable chordata from the Lower Cambrian Maotianshan shales of Chengjiang County in Yunnan Province, China.It is similar to the form Yunnanozoon, which is almost somewhat more primitive and is possibly a hemichordata....
 possess pharyngeal teeth.

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