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Ostraciidae

16 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › › Tetraodontiformes › Ostraciidae

Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796

Ostracion meleagris, the spotted boxfish, is a toxic Indo-Pacific reef fish with a bony body plate that makes sounds during mating.

Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758

Ostracion cubicus, the yellow boxfish, is a spotted, box-shaped reef fish found across the Indo-Pacific.

Ostracion solorense Bleeker, 1853

Ostracion solorense, the reticulate boxfish, is a small reef boxfish found across parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Ostracion cyanurus Rüppell, 1828

Ostracion cyanurus Rüppell, 1828 is a Western Indian Ocean boxfish sold in the aquarium trade.

Ostracion rhinorhynchos Bleeker, 1851

Ostracion rhinorhynchos, the horn-nosed boxfish, is a marine boxfish found across the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Ostracion immaculatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850

Ostracion immaculatus is a spotted boxfish species from the northwestern Pacific that reaches a maximum length of 25 cm.

Lactoria diaphana (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Lactoria diaphana, the roundbelly cowfish, is a widely distributed Indo-Pacific boxfish that can carry and transmit potent toxins.

Lactoria cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lactoria cornuta, the longhorn cowfish, is a distinctive boxfish that is popular in the global aquarium trade.

Lactoria fornasini (Bianconi, 1846)

Lactoria fornasini, the thornback cowfish, is an uncommon toxic boxfish species native to the tropical Indo-Pacific.

Acanthostracion quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Acanthostracion quadricornis, the scrawled cowfish, is a boxfish found in the shallow Western Atlantic Ocean, most often in seagrass beds.

Acanthostracion polygonius Poey, 1876

Acanthostracion polygonius, the honeycomb cowfish, is a reef-dwelling boxfish used for food and as an aquarium fish.

Lactophrys bicaudalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lactophrys bicaudalis, the spotted trunkfish, is a toxin-secreting reef boxfish found in the western Atlantic.

Lactophrys trigonus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lactophrys trigonus is a Western Atlantic boxfish/trunkfish with distinctive markings, eaten in the Caribbean and traded as a minor aquarium species.

Lactophrys triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lactophrys triqueter, the smooth trunkfish, is a reef-dwelling boxfish toxic when stressed, caught for food and kept in aquaria.

Tetrosomus gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Tetrosomus gibbosus is a shell-covered fish found in warm seas, and it is endangered in the South China Sea.

Tetrosomus reipublicae (Whitley, 1930)

Tetrosomus reipublicae, the smallspine turretfish, is a boxfish found in Indo-west Pacific inshore reefs and seagrass meadows.

Related Families

Tetraodontidae 52 species Balistidae 28 species Monacanthidae 28 species Diodontidae 13 species Aracanidae 5 species Molidae 2 species

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