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There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:<ref name=Matsuura2014>Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. ''Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.''</ref> |
There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:<ref name=Matsuura2014>Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. ''Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.''</ref> |
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*''[[Acanthostracion guineense]]'' <small>([[Pieter Bleeker|Bleeker]], 1865)</small> |
*''[[Acanthostracion guineense]]'' <small>([[Pieter Bleeker|Bleeker]], 1865)</small> (West African cowfish) |
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*''[[Acanthostracion notacanthus]]'' <small>([[Pieter Bleeker|Bleeker]], 1863)</small> (Island cowfish) |
*''[[Acanthostracion notacanthus]]'' <small>([[Pieter Bleeker|Bleeker]], 1863)</small> (Island cowfish) |
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*''[[Honeycomb cowfish|Acanthostracion polygonius]]'' <small>[[Felipe Poey y Aloy|Poey]], 1876</small> (Honeycomb cowfish) |
*''[[Honeycomb cowfish|Acanthostracion polygonius]]'' <small>[[Felipe Poey y Aloy|Poey]], 1876</small> (Honeycomb cowfish) |
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Revision as of 09:27, 2 October 2024
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| Acanthostracion polygonius | |
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| Acanthostracion quadricornis (Juvenile) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Suborder: | Ostracioidea |
| Family: | Ostraciidae |
| Genus: | Acanthostracion Bleeker, 1865 |
| Type species | |
| Ostracion quadricornis | |
Acanthostracion is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Ostraciidae, the boxfishes. These fishes are found in the Atlantic Ocean.
Taxonomy
Acanthostracion was first proposed as a subgenus of Ostracion in 1865 by the Dutch physician, herpetologist and ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker. Bleeker did not designate a type species when he first used the name in his paper Notice sur les ostracions, confondus sous le nom d'Ostracion quadricornis L. et description des Ostracion notacanthus et guineensis' but designated Ostracion quadricornis as the type species later in 1865 when he published his Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientalis Neerlandais.[1] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies this genus within the family Ostraciidae in the suborder Ostracioidea within the order Tetraodontiformes.[2]
Species
There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Acanthostracion guineense (Bleeker, 1865) (West African cowfish)
- Acanthostracion notacanthus (Bleeker, 1863) (Island cowfish)
- Acanthostracion polygonius Poey, 1876 (Honeycomb cowfish)
- Acanthostracion quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Scrawled cowfish)
References
- ^ Tyler, James C (1965). "The Trunkfish Genus Acanthostracion (Ostraciontidae, Plectognathi) in the Western Atlantic: Two Species Rather than One". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 117: 1–18.
- ^ Nelson, J.S.; Grande, T.C.; Wilson, M.V.H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 518–526. doi:10.1002/9781119174844. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. LCCN 2015037522. OCLC 951899884. OL 25909650M.
- ^ Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.
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