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by chansiky 1774 days ago 

  > that eat mainly shells have this set of teeth to tear and crush
I was thinking when I saw the images that there must be some sort of convergent evolution going on. I would love to know what the similarities in our mastication patterns are with these fish. I wonder if our purported history with consuming bone marrow have anything to do with this similarity?
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pvaldes 1773 days ago
The entire family is like a bunch of Darwin's finches. The predators of fish and squid have four big fangs. The eaters of tiny crustaceans and algae eaters have a comb of needles, and the predators of limpets and clams have incisors and molars (Take a look also to the grinding teeth like cobblestones at the bottom of the mouth).
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chansiky 1772 days ago 

  The entire family is like a bunch of Darwin's finches.
More like Darwin's finches if designed by H.G. Giger. Cant say that I'd recommend googling "sparidae teeth".
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