Anoplocapros lenticularis
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Aracanidae |
Genus: | Anoplocapros |
Species: | A. lenticularis
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Binomial name | |
Anoplocapros lenticularis J. Richardson, 1841
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Anoplocapros lenticularis, the white-barred boxfish, is a species of deepwater boxfish found in Australia.
Description
[edit]The species has the compact body of many Tetraodontiformes, with small fins and a protruding snout. Adults may reach a length of 33 cm.[1]
White-barred boxfishes bare vein-like ossified plates under their bodies, making them mostly immobile other than the fins, gills, mouth, and tail.
Distribution
[edit]The species inhabits the continental shelf off southern Western Australia and western South Australia.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Anoplocapros lenticularis". FishBase. April 2017 version.