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Family: Aracanidae Deepwater boxfishes



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14 species (see list below)
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Photo by Groeneveld, R.

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Anoplocapros amygdaloides Fraser-Brunner, 1941

Photo by Photo by Groeneveld, R.
 
Anoplocapros amygdaloides
[Western smooth boxfish]

Photo by Dubosc, J.

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 37 cm TL
Anoplocapros inermis (Fraser-Brunner, 1935)

Photo by Photo by Dubosc, J.
 
Anoplocapros inermis
[Eastern smooth boxfish]

Photo by Good, P.

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 33 cm TL
Anoplocapros lenticularis (Richardson, 1841)

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Anoplocapros lenticularis
[White-barred boxfish]

Photo by Dubosc, J.

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Aracana aurita (Shaw, 1798)

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Aracana aurita
[Shaw's cowfish]

Photo by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 15 cm TL
Aracana ornata (Gray, 1838)

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Aracana ornata
[Ornate cowfish]

Photo by CSIRO

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 11 cm TL
Caprichthys gymnura McCulloch & Waite, 1915

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Caprichthys gymnura
[Rigid boxfish]

Photo by CSIRO

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 12 cm TL
Capropygia unistriata (Kaup, 1855)

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Capropygia unistriata
[Black-banded pigmy boxfish]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 13 cm SL
Kentrocapros aculeatus (Houttuyn, 1782)

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Kentrocapros aculeatus
[]

Photo by Museum of New Zealand

Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 10.4 cm SL
Kentrocapros eco (Phillipps, 1932)

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Kentrocapros eco
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 11.4 cm SL
 
Kentrocapros flavimaculatus
[Yellow-spotted boxfish]

Photo by Graham, K. / NSW Fisheries

Western Pacific
Max. Length 14.6 cm SL
Kentrocapros flavofasciatus (Kamohara, 1938)

Photo by Photo by Graham, K. / NSW Fisheries
 
Kentrocapros flavofasciatus
[]

Photo by Alvheim, O./Institute of Marine Research (IMR)

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 14.3 cm SL
Kentrocapros rosapinto (Smith, 1949)

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Kentrocapros rosapinto
[Basketfish]
No picture found

Max. Length 10.6 cm SL
 
Kentrocapros spilonotus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 31.2 cm TL
 
Polyplacapros tyleri
[]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Anoplocapros amygdaloides Western smooth boxfish Eastern Indian Ocean 30 TL 1941
Anoplocapros inermis Eastern smooth boxfish Indo-West Pacific. 37 TL 1935
Anoplocapros lenticularis White-barred boxfish Eastern Indian Ocean 33 TL 1841
Aracana aurita Shaw's cowfish Eastern Indian Ocean 20 TL 1798
Aracana ornata Ornate cowfish Eastern Indian Ocean 15 TL 1838
Caprichthys gymnura Rigid boxfish Eastern Indian Ocean 11 TL 1915
Capropygia unistriata Black-banded pigmy boxfish Eastern Indian Ocean 12 TL 1855
Kentrocapros aculeatus Northwest Pacific 13 SL 1782
Kentrocapros eco Southwest Pacific 10.4 SL 1932
Kentrocapros flavimaculatus Yellow-spotted boxfish Southwest Pacific 11.4 SL 2023
Kentrocapros flavofasciatus Western Pacific 14.6 SL 1938
Kentrocapros rosapinto Basketfish Western Indian Ocean 14.3 SL 1949
Kentrocapros spilonotus Eastern Central Pacific 10.6 SL 1905
Polyplacapros tyleri Southwest Pacific 31.2 TL 1979



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