Biology:Ostracion

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Ostracion
Temporal range: 56–0 Ma
Thanetian to Present[1]
Ostracion cubicus.JPG
Ostracion cubicus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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 and makes a brief appearance in Jules Verne's maritime sci-fi novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea.

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

  1. Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. 
  2. 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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1041768 entry