List of Nominal Species of Ostraciidae
(Boxfishes)
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Nominal Species (n = 49) Present allocation (n = 25) Ref.
Ostracion argus Rüppell, 1828 Ostracion cubicus 33021
Ostracion bicaudalis Linnaeus, 1758 Lactophrys bicaudalis 11227
Ostracion brevicornis Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 Lactoria diaphana 33021
Ostracion camurum Jenkins, 1901 Ostracion meleagris 33021
Ostracion clippertonense Snodgrass & Heller, 1905 Ostracion meleagris 33021
Ostracion concatenatus Bloch, 1785 Tetrosomus concatenatus 3141
Ostracion cornutus Linnaeus, 1758 Lactoria cornuta 3141
Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758 Ostracion cubicus 1602
Ostracion cyanurus Rüppell, 1828 Ostracion cyanurus 8883
Ostracion diaphanum Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Lactoria diaphana 26282
Ostracion expansum Cope, 1871 Lactophrys trigonus 33021
Ostracium expansum Cope, 1871 Lactophrys trigonus 93826
Ostracion fornasini Bianconi, 1846 Lactoria fornasini 3141
Lactoria fuscomaculata von Bonde, 1923 Lactoria fornasini 3141
Lactoria galeodon Jenkins, 1903 Lactoria fornasini 33021
Ostracion gibbosus Linnaeus, 1758 Tetrosomus gibbosus 33352
Ostracion guineensis Bleeker, 1865 Acanthostracion guineensis 11227
Ostracion immaculatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 Ostracion immaculatus 559
Ostracion lentiginosus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Ostracion meleagris 2334
Ostracion lindsayi Phillipps, 1932 Paracanthostracion lindsayi 27116
Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796 Ostracion meleagris 1602
Ostracion nasus Bloch, 1785 Rhynchostracion nasus 9806
Ostracion notacanthus Bleeker, 1863 Acanthostracion notacanthus 11227
Ostracion ornatus Hollard, 1857 Ostracion whitleyi 583
Ostracion paschae Rendahl, 1921 Lactoria paschae 33021
Ostracion pentacanthus Bleeker, 1857 Lactoria fornasini
Acanthostracion polygonius Poey, 1876 Acanthostracion polygonius 35505
Ostracion punctatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Ostracion meleagris 33021
Ostracion quadricornis Linnaeus, 1758 Acanthostracion quadricornis 3141
Ostracion quadricornis (non Linnaeus, 1758) Acanthostracion guineensis 34088
Lactophrys reipublicae Ogilby, 1913 Tetrosomus reipublicae 26282
Triorus reipublicae Whitley, 1930 Tetrosomus reipublicae 58462
Ostracion rhinorhynchos Bleeker, 1851 Ostracion rhinorhynchos 9806
Lactophrys saxatilis Mowbray, 1931 Acanthostracion polygonius 35505
Lactoria schlemmeri Jordan & Snyder, 1904 Lactoria diaphana 33021
Ostracion sebae Bleeker, 1851 Ostracion meleagris 3141
Ostracion solorensis Bleeker, 1853 Ostracion solorensis 2334
Ostracion stellifer Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Tetrosomus stellifer 46206
Ostracion trachys Randall, 1975 Ostracion trachys 33390
Ostracion tricornis (non Linnaeus, 1758) Acanthostracion guineensis 50838
Ostracion tricornis Linnaeus, 1758 Acanthostracion quadricornis 50838
Ostracion trigonus Linnaeus, 1758 Lactophrys trigonus 12965
Ostracion triqueter Linnaeus, 1758 Lactophrys triqueter 1830
Ostracion triqueter (non Linnaeus, 1758) Tetrosomus concatenatus 33390
Lactophrys tritropis Snyder, 1911 Tetrosomus concatenatus 27362
Ostracion tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758 Ostracion cubicus 3141
Ostracion turritus Forsskål, 1775 Tetrosomus gibbosus 33352
Ostracion undulatus Poey, 1868 Lactophrys trigonus 33021
Ostracion whitleyi Fowler, 1931 Ostracion whitleyi 583
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