Kinds of Fish

Species listed are from www.fishbase.org

Scientific name -- Other names
Ostraciidae -- Boxfishes
   Acanthostracion guineensis (Bleeker, 1865)
   Acanthostracion notacanthus (Bleeker, 1863) -- Island Cowfish
   Acanthostracion polygonius Poey, 1876 -- Honeycomb Cowfish
   Acanthostracion quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Scrawled Cowfish
   Anoplocapros amygdaloides Fraser-Brunner, 1941 -- Western Smooth Boxfish
   Anoplocapros inermis (Fraser-Brunner, 1935) -- Eastern Smooth Boxfish
   Anoplocapros lenticularis (Richardson, 1841) -- White-barred Boxfish
   Anoplocapros robustus (Fraser-Brunner, 1941) -- Chubby Basketfish
   Aracana aurita (Shaw, 1798) -- Striped Cowfish
   Aracana ornata (Gray, 1838) -- Ornate Cowfish
   Caprichthys gymnura McCulloch and Waite, 1915 -- Rigid Boxfish
   Capropygia unistriata (Kaup, 1855) -- Black-banded Pigmy Boxfish
   Kentrocapros aculeatus (Houttuyn, 1782)
   Kentrocapros eco (Phillipps, 1932)
   Kentrocapros flavofasciatus (Kamohara, 1938)
   Kentrocapros rosapinto (Smith, 1949) -- Basketfish
   Lactophrys bicaudalis (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Spotted Trunkfish
   Lactophrys trigonus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Buffalo Trunkfish
   Lactophrys triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Smooth Trunkfish
   Lactoria cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Longhorn Cowfish
   Lactoria diaphana (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) -- Roundbelly Cowfish
   Lactoria fornasini (Bianconi, 1846) -- Thornback Cowfish
   Lactoria paschae (Rendahl, 1921)
   Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758 -- Yellow Boxfish
   Ostracion cyanurus Rüppell, 1828 -- Bluetail Trunkfish
   Ostracion immaculatus Temminck and Schlegel, 1850
   Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796 -- Whitespotted Boxfish
   Ostracion nasus Bloch, 1785 -- Shortnose Boxfish
   Ostracion rhinorhynchos Bleeker, 1852 -- Horn-nosed Boxfish
   Ostracion solorensis Bleeker, 1853 -- Reticulate Boxfish
   Ostracion trachys Randall, 1975 -- Roughskin Trunkfish
   Ostracion whitleyi Fowler, 1931 -- Whitleys Box
   Paracanthostracion lindsayi (Phillipps, 1932)
   Polyplacapros tyleri Fujii and Uyeno, 1979
   Tetrosomus concatenatus (Bloch, 1785) -- Triangular Boxfish
   Tetrosomus gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Humpback Turretfish
   Tetrosomus reipublicae (Ogilby, 1913) -- Smallspine Turretfish
   Tetrosomus stellifer (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Updated: 2015-05-06 21:40:39

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