Superregnum: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Tetraodontiformes
Familia: Ostraciidae
Subfamilia: Ostraciinae
Genus: Ostracion
Species: O. cubicus - O. cyanurus - O. immaculatus - O. meleagris - O. nasus - O. pentacanthus - O. rhinorhynchos - O. solorensis - O. trachys - O. whitleyi
Name
Ostracion (Linnaeus, 1758)
Vernacular names
Internationalization
English: Trunkfishes
The genus Ostracion, is a member of the boxfish family (Ostraciidae) containing nine species.
Species
Yellow boxfish, Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758.
Bluetail trunkfish, Ostracion cyanurus Rüppell, 1828.
Ostracion immaculatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850.
Whitespotted boxfish, Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796.
Shortnose boxfish, Ostracion nasus Bloch, 1785.
Horn-nosed boxfish, Ostracion rhinorhynchos Bleeker, 1852.
Reticulate boxfish, Ostracion solorensis Bleeker, 1853.
Roughskin trunkfish, Ostracion trachys Randall, 1975.
Whitley's box, Ostracion whitleyi Fowler, 1931.
References
^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). Species of Ostracion in FishBase. November 2006 version.
