Biology:Shortnose boxfish

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Short description: Species of fish

Shortnose boxfish
Ostracion nasus.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Ostraciidae
Genus: Ostracion
Species:
O. nasus
Binomial name
Ostracion nasus
(Bloch, 1785)
Synonyms

Rhynchostracion nasus Bloch, 1785

Ostracion nasus also known as the Shortnose boxfish is a species of boxfish found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. This species grows to a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) TL.[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.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q82940 entry