WoRMS taxon details
Aracana aurita (Shaw, 1798)
279676 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279676)
accepted
Species
Acarana aurita (Shaw, 1798) · unaccepted
Ostracion auritus Shaw, 1798 · unaccepted
Ostracion spilogaster Richardson, 1840 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ostracion auritus Shaw, 1798) Shaw, G.; Nodder, F. P. (1789-1813). The Naturalist's Miscellany, or coloured figures of natural objects; drawn and described from nature. <em>London.</em> 23 vols. unnumbered pages.
page(s): no page number, Pl. 338 [details]
page(s): no page number, Pl. 338 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Aracana aurita (Shaw, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279676 on 2025-12-26
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ostracion auritus Shaw, 1798) Shaw, G.; Nodder, F. P. (1789-1813). The Naturalist's Miscellany, or coloured figures of natural objects; drawn and described from nature. <em>London.</em> 23 vols. unnumbered pages.
page(s): no page number, Pl. 338 [details]
page(s): no page number, Pl. 338 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ostracion spilogaster Richardson, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Acarana aurita (Shaw, 1798))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Ostracion auritus Shaw, 1798)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aracana aurita)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Acarana aurita (Shaw, 1798))
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion auritus Shaw, 1798)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion spilogaster Richardson, 1840)
To GenBank (46 nucleotides; 42 proteins)
To GenBank (46 nucleotides; 42 proteins) (from synonym Ostracion auritus Shaw, 1798)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ostracion spilogaster Richardson, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Acarana aurita (Shaw, 1798))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Ostracion auritus Shaw, 1798)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aracana aurita)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Acarana aurita (Shaw, 1798))
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion auritus Shaw, 1798)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion spilogaster Richardson, 1840)
To GenBank (46 nucleotides; 42 proteins)
To GenBank (46 nucleotides; 42 proteins) (from synonym Ostracion auritus Shaw, 1798)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
