Anoplocapros
Anoplocapros lenticularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Aracanidae
Genus: Anoplocapros
Kaup, 1855

Anoplocapros is a genus of deepwater boxfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans where they are found mostly around Australia.

Species

There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:[1]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Anoplocapros amygdaloides Fraser-Brunner, 1941Western smooth boxfishEastern Indian Ocean: southern Australia, from Western Australia and South Australia.
Anoplocapros inermis (Fraser-Brunner, 1935)Eastern smooth boxfishsoutheastern Australia from southern Queensland to Western Port (Victoria), Solomon Islands and South Africa.
Anoplocapros lenticularis (J. Richardson, 1841)White-barred boxfishAustralia.

References

  1. 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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