Ostracion
| Ostracion Temporal range: Thanetian to Present | |
|---|---|
| Ostracion cubicum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Ostraciidae |
| Genus: | Ostracion Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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Ostracion is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Ostraciidae, the boxfishes. These fishes are found in the Indo-Pacific region as far east as the eastern Pacific coasts of the Americas.