Family Aracanidae - Deepwater boxfishes
Order : Tetraodontiformes Aracanidae
Class : Teleostei
No. in FishBase : Genera : 6 | Species : 13 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
Environment : Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
Division : Marine
Aquarium :
First Fossil Record :      
Remark : Family (Fraser-Brunner, 1941) resurrected from Ostraciidae: Aracaninae (Tyler, 1980; Ref. 54719). Information to be completed. Suggested new common name for this family in a coming ref. following Ref. 58418. Korean name: Yug-gak-bok-gwa (Ref. 116566).
Etymology :
Reproductive guild : nonguarders
Typical activity level :
Main Ref. : Tyler, J.C. 1980
Coordinator :
Deep Fin Classification : Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Eupercaria | | | Tetraodontiformes | Ostracioidei | | Aracanidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Aracanidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Aracana aurita (Shaw, 1798)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Acarana aurita (Shaw, 1798)
synonymothernew
synonymjuniororiginal
Ostracion tobinii Donovan, 1824
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Ostracion spilogaster Richardson, 1840
synonymjuniororiginal
Aracana spilogaster spinosissima McCulloch & Waite, 1915
synonymjuniororiginal
Aracana spilogaster angustata McCulloch & Waite, 1915
synonymjuniororiginal
Aracana ornata (Gray, 1838)
acceptedseniornew
Ostracion ornata Gray, 1838
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Anoplocapros lenticularis (Richardson, 1841)
acceptedseniornew
Ostracion lenticularis Richardson, 1841
synonymseniororiginal
Acerana grayi Kaup, 1855
synonymjuniororiginal
Anoplocapros gibbosus McCulloch & Waite, 1915
synonymjuniororiginal
Anoplocapros inermis (Fraser-Brunner, 1935)
acceptedseniornew
Strophiurichthys inermis Fraser-Brunner, 1935
synonymseniororiginal
Strophiurichthys robustus Fraser-Brunner, 1941
synonymjuniororiginal
Anoplocapros robustus (Fraser-Brunner, 1941)
synonymjuniornew
Anoplocapros amygdaloides Fraser-Brunner, 1941
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Kentrocapros aculeatus (Houttuyn, 1782)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Ostracion hexagonus Thunberg, 1787
synonymjuniororiginal
Kentrocapros spilonota (Gilbert, 1905)
acceptedseniornew
Aracana spilonota Gilbert, 1905
synonymseniororiginal
Kentrocapros eco (Phillipps, 1932)
acceptedseniornew
Ostracion eco Phillipps, 1932
synonymseniororiginal
Ostracion hexagonus Phillipps, 1927
ambiguoushomonymoriginal
acceptedseniornew
Aracana flavofasciata Kamohara, 1938
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Caprichthys gymnura McCulloch & Waite, 1915
acceptedseniororiginal
Polyplacapros tyleri Fujii & Uyeno, 1979
acceptedseniororiginal
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