Kentrocapros

Kentrocapros is a genus of deepwater boxfishes native to coastal waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Kentrocapros
Kentrocapros aculeatus
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Kentrocapros

Kaup, 1855

Species

There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Kentrocapros aculeatus (Houttuyn, 1782)
  • Kentrocapros eco (Phillipps, 1932)
  • Kentrocapros flavofasciatus (Kamohara, 1938)
  • Kentrocapros rosapinto (J. L. B. Smith, 1949) (Basketfish)
  • Kentrocapros spilonota (C. H. Gilbert, 1905)

References

  1. 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.


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