Ostracion

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Ostracion
Fossil range: Thanetian to Present[1]
Yellow boxfish, Ostracion cubicus
Yellow boxfish, Ostracion cubicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Ostraciidae
Genus: Ostracion
Nelson, 1994
Species

See text.
Ostracion meleagris in Kona
Ostracion meleagris in Kona

The genus Ostracion, is a member of the boxfish family (Ostraciidae) containing nine species.

[edit] Species

  • Yellow boxfish, Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758.
  • Bluetail trunkfish, Ostracion cyanurus Rüppell, 1828.
  • Ostracion immaculatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850.
  • Whitespotted boxfish, Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796.
  • Shortnose boxfish, Ostracion nasus Bloch, 1785.
  • Horn-nosed boxfish, Ostracion rhinorhynchos Bleeker, 1852.
  • Reticulate boxfish, Ostracion solorensis Bleeker, 1853.
  • Roughskin trunkfish, Ostracion trachys Randall, 1975.
  • Whitley's box, Ostracion whitleyi Fowler, 1931.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. 
  • "Ostracion". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. November 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.