Shortnose boxfish
Appearance
Shortnose boxfish | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Ostraciidae |
Genus: | Ostracion |
Species: | O. nasus
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Binomial name | |
Ostracion nasus (Bloch, 1785)
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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
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- Photos of Shortnose boxfish on Sealife Collection