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Acanthostracion Bleeker, 1865 
AphiaID: 126237

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Ostraciidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Ostraciidae
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

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 Species Acanthostracion guineensis (Bleeker, 1865)
Species Acanthostracion notacanthus (Bleeker, 1863)
Species Acanthostracion polygonius Poey, 1876
Species Acanthostracion quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Species Acanthostracion poligonos Poey, 1876 accepted as Acanthostracion polygonius Poey, 1876
Species Acanthostracion polygonia Poey, 1876 accepted as Acanthostracion polygonius Poey, 1876
Species Acanthostracion tricornis (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Acanthostracion quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126237
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2006-09-04 10:51:58Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2013-03-07 14:11:33Z  checked  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Acanthostracion Bleeker, 1865. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126237 on 2013-05-25
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