Kentrocapros

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Kentrocapros
Kentrocapros aculeatus (Houttuyn)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Aracanidae
Genus: Kentrocapros
Kaup, 1855

Kentrocapros is a genus of deepwater boxfishes native to coastal waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Species[edit]

There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:[1]

References[edit]

  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.