Ostraciidae

see also: Etymology of Ostraciidae

The boxfish belongs to the category of the brouteurs. It is a coral broutor. He corresponds to the family of the Ostraciidae .

List kinds and species

According to FishBase:

kind Acanthostracion

Acanthostracion guineensis (Bleeker, 1865) .
Acanthostracion notacanthus (Bleeker, 1863) .
Acanthostracion polygonius Poey, 1876.
Acanthostracion quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758) .

kind Lactophrys

Lactophrys bicaudalis (Linnaeus, 1758) .
Lactophrys trigonus (Linnaeus, 1758) .
Lactophrys triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758) .

kind Lactoria

Lactoria cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758) .
Lactoria diaphana (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) .
Lactoria fornasini (Bianconi, 1846) .
Lactoria paschae (Rendahl, 1921) .

kind Ostracion

Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758.
Ostracion cyanurus Rüppell, 1828.
Ostracion immaculatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850.
Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796.
Ostracion nasus Bloch, 1785.
Ostracion rhinorhynchos Bleeker, 1852.
Ostracion solorensis Bleeker, 1853.
Ostracion trachys Randall, 1975.
Ostracion whitleyi Fowler, 1931.

kind Paracanthostracion

Paracanthostracion lindsayi (Philips, 1932) .

kind Tetrosomus

Tetrosomus concatenatus (Bloch, 1785) .
Tetrosomus gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758) .
Tetrosomus reipublicae (Ogilby, 1913) .
Tetrosomus stellifer (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) .

According to ITIS:

subfamily Aracaninae (Not recognized by FishBase which places these kinds under Aracanidae )

kind Anoplocapros Kaup, 1855
kind Aracana Gray, 1838
kind Caprichthys McCulloch and Waite, 1915
kind Capropygia Kaup, 1855
kind Kentrocapros Kaup, 1855
kind Polyplacapros Fujii and Uyeno, 1979

subfamily Ostraciinae

kind Acanthostracion Bleeker, 1865
kind Lactophrys Swainson, 1839
kind Lactoria Jordan and Fowler, 1902
kind Ostracion Linnaeus, 1758
kind Paracanthostracion Whitley, 1933
kind Tetrosomus Swainson, 1839

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