Biology:Paracanthostracion

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Paracanthostracion
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Ostraciidae
Genus: Paracanthostracion
Whitley, 1933
Species:
P. lindsayi
Binomial name
Paracanthostracion lindsayi
(Phillipps, 1932)

Paracanthostracion lindsayi is a species of boxfish endemic to New Zealand. This species is the only known member of the genus Paracanthostracion.[1]

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.

Wikidata ☰ Q82943 entry