Ostracion
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| Ostracion cubicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Ostraciidae |
| Genus: | Ostracion Linnaeus, 1758 |
Ostracion is a genus of the boxfish family Ostraciidae. Fish in the genus are known as box puffers. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.
Species
The following are species in this genus:[2]
- Ostracion cornutus Linnaeus, 1758
- 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 nasus Bloch, 1785 (Shortnose 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, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560.
- ^ Matsuura, K (2014). "Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014". Ichthyological Research. 62 (1): 72–113. doi:10.1007/s10228-014-0444-5.
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