Ostracion

Ostracion cubicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tetraodontiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria 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
  • Gender: evidently neuter, but treated as male
  • Type species: Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

• Cibotion Kaup, 1855
• Rhynchostracion Fraser-Brunner, 1935

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 330. Reference page. 
• Ostracion in the World Register of Marine Species
• Ostracion and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

English: Trunkfishes, Boxfishes
ไทย: ปลากล่อง, ปลาเหลี่ยม

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