Ostracion

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Ostracion Phylum Chordata Order Tetraodontiformes		Family Ostraciidae Higher classification Ostraciidae Rank Genus

Lower classifications Yellow boxfish, Ostracion solorensis

Ostracion is a genus of the boxfish family Ostraciidae.

My beautiful yellow fish ostracion cubicus full hd

The following are species in this genus:

Ostracion cornutus Linnaeus, 1758

Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758 (Yellow boxfish)

Ostracion cyanurus Rüppell, 1828 (Bluetail trunkfish)

Ostracion immaculatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 (Bluespotted boxfish)

Ostracion meleagris G. Shaw, 1796 (White-spotted boxfish)

Ostracion nasus Bloch, 1785 (Shortnose boxfish)

Ostracion rhinorhynchos Bleeker, 1851 (Horn-nosed boxfish)

Ostracion solorensis Bleeker, 1853 (Reticulate boxfish)

Ostracion trachys J. E. Randall, 1975 (Roughskin trunkfish)

Ostracion whitleyi Fowler, 1931 (Whitley's boxfish)

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