Roughskin Boxfish
Ostracion trachys
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Ostraciidae
Les Ostraciidae sont une famille de poissons marins de l'ordre des Tetraodontiformes, communément appelés poissons-coffres. L'évolution les a dotés d'une sorte d'exosquelette composé de plaques osseuses hexagonales soudées. qui les protègent des prédateurs récifaux.
Ostracion trachys, the rough boxfish or roughskin trunkfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ostraciidae, the boxfishes. It is found in the Western Indian Ocean around the Mascarenes. Taxonomy Ostracion trachys was first formally described in 1975 by the American ichthyologist John Ernest Randall with its type locality given as a patch reef about 800 m (2,600 ft) northeast of Grand Baie on Mauritius.
Ostracion trachys es una especie de peces de la familia Ostraciidae en el orden de los Tetraodontiformes. Morfología • Los machos pueden llegar alcanzar los 11 cm de longitud total. Hábitat Es un pez de mar de clima tropical y asociado a los arrecifes de coral que vive entre 15-30 m de profundidad.
Distribution
Sources and credits
DescriptionOstracion trachys, Wikipedia contributorsMore from the same family

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