Ostracion
Ostracion is a genus of the boxfish family Ostraciidae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.
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Ostracion cornutus
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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