Ostracion
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| Ostracion Temporal range: Thanetian to Present[1] | |
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| Yellow boxfish, Ostracion cubicus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Ostraciidae |
| Genus: | Ostracion Linnaeus, 1758 |
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The genus Ostracion, is a member of the boxfish family (Ostraciidae).
Species
There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758 (yellow boxfish)
- Ostracion cyanurus Rüppell, 1828 (bluetail trunkfish)
- Ostracion immaculatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 (bluespotted boxfish)
- Ostracion meleagris G. Shaw, 1796 (white-spotted boxfish)
- Ostracion rhinorhynchos Bleeker, 1851 (horn-nosed boxfish)
- Ostracion solorensis Bleeker, 1853 (reticulate boxfish)
- Ostracion trachys J. E. Randall, 1975 (roughskin trunkfish)
- Ostracion whitleyi Fowler, 1931 (Whitley's boxfish)
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Ostracion in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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