BOXFISH

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Genera and species

References

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Genera and species

★ Genus ''Acanthostracion''

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★ ''Acanthostracion guineensis'' (Bleeker, 1865).

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★ Island cowfish, ''Acanthostracion notacanthus'' (Bleeker, 1863).

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★ Honeycomb cowfish, ''Acanthostracion polygonius'' Poey, 1876.

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★ Scrawled cowfish, ''Acanthostracion quadricornis'' (Linnaeus, 1758).

★ Genus ''Lactophrys''

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★ Spotted trunkfish, ''Lactophrys bicaudalis'' (Linnaeus, 1758).

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★ Buffalo trunkfish, ''Lactophrys trigonus'' (Linnaeus, 1758).

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★ Smooth trunkfish, ''Lactophrys triqueter'' (Linnaeus, 1758).

★ Genus ''Lactoria''

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★ Longhorn cowfish, ''Lactoria cornuta'' (Linnaeus, 1758).

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★ Roundbelly cowfish, ''Lactoria diaphana'' (Bloch & Schneider, 1801).

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★ Thornback cowfish, ''Lactoria fornasini'' (Bianconi, 1846).

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★ ''Lactoria paschae'' (Rendahl, 1921).

★ Genus ''Ostracion''

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★ Yellow boxfish, ''Ostracion cubicus'' Linnaeus, 1758.

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★ Bluetail trunkfish, ''Ostracion cyanurus'' Rüppell, 1828.

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★ ''Ostracion immaculatus'' Temminck & Schlegel, 1850.

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★ Whitespotted boxfish, ''Ostracion meleagris'' Shaw, 1796.

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★ Shortnose boxfish, ''Ostracion nasus'' Bloch, 1785.

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★ Horn-nosed boxfish, ''Ostracion rhinorhynchos'' Bleeker, 1852.

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★ Reticulate boxfish, ''Ostracion solorensis'' Bleeker, 1853.

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★ Roughskin trunkfish, ''Ostracion trachys'' Randall, 1975.

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★ Whitley's box, ''Ostracion whitleyi'' Fowler, 1931.

★ Genus ''Paracanthostracion''

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★ ''Paracanthostracion lindsayi'' (Phillipps, 1932).

★ Genus ''Tetrosomus''

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★ Triangular boxfish, ''Tetrosomus concatenatus'' (Bloch, 1785).

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★ Humpback turretfish, ''Tetrosomus gibbosus'' (Linnaeus, 1758).

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★ Smallspine turretfish, ''Tetrosomus reipublicae'' (Ogilby, 1913).

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★ ''Tetrosomus stellifer'' (Bloch & Schneider, 1801).

References

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★ Zim, Herbert, and Shomemaker, Hurst. ''Fishes''. Golden Press, New York (1955).

External links

★ Picture of a Yellow boxfish

★ Mercedes has recently designed a car based on the aerodynamic shape of the boxfish.