Kentrocapros aculeatus

Kentrocapros aculeatus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Aracanidae
Genus: Kentrocapros
Species:
K. aculeatus
Binomial name
Kentrocapros aculeatus
(Houttuyn, 1782)
Synonyms
  • Ostracion cubicus aculeatus Houttuyn, 1782
  • Ostracion hexagonus Thunberg, 1787

Kentrocapros aculeatus, the Itomaki basketfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Aracanidae, the temperate boxfishes or deepwater boxfishes. This species is found in the north western and central Pacific Ocean.