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Aracanidae
The Aracanidae are a family of bony fishes related to the boxfishes. They are somewhat more primitive than the true boxfishes, but have a similar protective covering of thickened scale plates. They are found in the Indian Ocean and the west Pacific. Unlike the true boxfishes, they inhabit deep waters, of over 200 metres (660 ft) in depth.[1]
Classfication
- Family Aracanidae
- Genus †Proaracana Le Danois, 1969
- †Proaracana dubia (Blainville, 1818)
- Genus Anoplocapros Kaup, 1855
- Genus Aracana J. E. Gray, 1838
- Striped cowfish, (Aracana aurita) (Shaw, 1798)
- Ornate cowfish, (Aracana ornata) (J. E. Gray, 1838)
- Genus Caprichthys McCulloch & Waite, 1915
- Rigid boxfish, (Caprichthys gymnura) McCulloch & Waite, 1915
- Genus Capropygia Kaup, 1855
- Black-banded pygmy boxfish, (Capropygia unistriata) (Kaup, 1855)
- Genus Kentrocapros Kaup, 1855
- Kentrocapros aculeatus (Houttuyn, 1782)
- Kentrocapros eco (Phillipps, 1932)
- Kentrocapros flavofasciatus (Kamohara, 1938)
- Basketfish, (Kentrocapros rosapinto) (J. L. B. Smith, 1949)
- Genus Polyplacapros Fujii and Uyeno, 1979
- Polyplacapros tyleri Fujii and Uyeno, 1979
- Genus †Proaracana Le Danois, 1969
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Aracanidae" in FishBase. February 2011 version.
- ^ Matsura, Keiichi & Tyler, James C. (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N.. ed. Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 229. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
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