25 Species in Family Ostraciidae
Nominal species list for Ostraciidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Acanthostracion guineensis (Bleeker, 1865)
Acanthostracion notacanthus (Bleeker, 1863) Island cowfish
Acanthostracion polygonius Poey, 1876 Honeycomb cowfish
Acanthostracion quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758) Scrawled cowfish
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 & 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 & Schlegel, 1850
Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796 Whitespotted boxfish
Ostracion rhinorhynchos Bleeker, 1851 Horn-nosed boxfish
Ostracion solorensis Bleeker, 1853 Reticulate boxfish
Ostracion trachys Randall, 1975 Roughskin trunkfish
Ostracion whitleyi Fowler, 1931 Whitley's box
Paracanthostracion lindsayi (Phillipps, 1932)
Rhynchostracion nasus (Bloch, 1785) Shortnose boxfish
Tetrosomus concatenatus (Bloch, 1785) Triangular boxfish
Tetrosomus gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758) Humpback turretfish
Tetrosomus reipublicae (Whitley, 1930) Smallspine turretfish
Tetrosomus stellifer (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
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