Aracanidae
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Ornate boxfish ( Aracana ornata ) |
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The aracanidae are a family of pufferfish relatives (Tetraodontiformes). They were considered to be more original than the boxfish (Ostraciidae) and are also known as the original boxfish or, because of the splendid color scheme of some species, as jewelry boxfish .
features
The fish generally have a higher back shape than the species of boxfish. Their shell does not include the base of the dorsal and anal fin. On their ventral side, they usually have a more or less clearly developed, central edge, which the boxfish lack. Their caudal fin has eleven primary rays . They become 11 to 33 centimeters long.
distribution
Most Aracanidae species live in the seas around southern Australia at depths of up to 200 meters. There are also some species in Tasmania , New Zealand , New Caledonia , the Solomon Islands , in Japan and in the East China Sea , in the Maldives , in the western Indian Ocean on the Mascarene Ridge between Mauritius and the Seychelles , in Mozambique and South Africa .
Systematics
- Genus Anoplocapros
- Anoplocapros amygdaloides Fraser-Brunner, 1941
- Anoplocapros inermis (Fraser-Brunner, 1935)
- Anoplocapros lenticularis (Richardson, 1841)
- Genus Aracana
- Aracana aurita (Shaw, 1798)
- Ornate boxfish ( Aracana ornata ) (Gray, 1838)
- Genus Caprichthys
- Caprichthys gymnura McCulloch & Waite, 1915
- Genus Capropygia
- Capropygia unistriata (Kaup, 1855)
- Genus Kentrocapros
- Kentrocapros aculeatus (Houttuyn, 1782)
- Kentrocapros eco (Phillipps, 1932)
- Kentrocapros flavofasciatus (Kamohara, 1938)
- Kentrocapros rosapinto (Smith, 1949)
- Genus Polyplacapros
- Polyplacapros tyleri Fujii & Uyeno, 1979
Tribal history
The aracanidae are the genera Plectocretacius from the upper chalk of Lebanon and Eolactoria and Proaracana from the middle Eozän of Monte Bolca fossil handed.
literature
- Joseph S. Nelson, Terry C. Grande, Mark VH Wilson: Fishes of the World. Wiley, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2016, ISBN 978-1118342336
- Hans A. Baensch / Robert Patzner: Mergus Sea Water Atlas Volume 6 Non-Perciformes (Non-Perciformes) , Mergus-Verlag, Melle, ISBN 3-88244-116-X
- Rudie H. Kuiter / Helmut Debelius : Atlas der Meeresfische , Kosmos-Verlag, 2006, ISBN 3-440-09562-2
Web links
- Aracanidae on Fishbase.org (English)