Ostraciidae
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Ostraciidae or Ostraciontidae is a family of squared, bony fish belonging to the order Tetraodontiformes, closely related to the pufferfishes and filefishes. Fish in the family are known variously as boxfishes, cofferfishes, cowfishes and trunkfishes. It contains about 23 extant species in 6 extant genera.
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Ostraciidae is a family of marine and brackish fish within the order Tetraodontiformes, class Teleostei, and phylum Chordata. The family is commonly known as boxfishes and was described by Rafinesque in 1810. Its taxonomic status is accepted under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
Records for this family are held by institutions including USNM, ECOSUR, ROM, YPM, and MCZ. These records originate from the United States, Mexico, British West Indies, Curacao, and Canada. The family has 151,279 occurrence records and 295 specific records, with five associated media items.
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Species
boxfishes
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderTetraodontiformes
- FamilyOstraciidae
Poissons-coffres Les Ostraciidae sont une famille de poissons 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[2],[3]. qui les protègent des prédateurs récifaux[4]. Ils appartiennent à la catégorie des brouteurs : ce sont notamment des brouteurs de coraux et d'algues. Ils sont capables de gonfler d'eau leur chambre branchiale, et de retenir leur respiration durant plusieurs minutes. En vidant cette eau ils se dégonflent en perdant 20 à 30 % de leur volume apparent.[5]. Sommaire 1 Source de bioinspiration 2 Liste des genres et espèces 3 Références taxinomiques 4 Notes et références Source de bioinspiration Paradoxalement, bien que son armure l'empêche d'onduler comme la plupart des autres poissons, et bien qu'il ne bénéficie pas des profils hydrodynamiques dont l'évolution a doté la plupart des autres poissons, il se montre capable dans son milieu (y compris dans les eaux turbulentes) de manœuvres rapides et précises[6]. Ce paradoxe a été d'abord attribué à sa forme supposée réduire sa traînée, contribuer à un réalignement automatique dans le flux et à diriger le
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 295
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Ostraciidae
- Collections
- USNM, ECOSUR, ROM, YPM, MCZ, UF
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, British West Indies, Curacao, Canada, Micronesia, Belize
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Etymology
- Description
- Range
- Toxic defences
- Classification
- Extant taxa
- Fossil taxa
- References
Ostraciidae or Ostraciontidae is a family of squared, bony fish belonging to the order Tetraodontiformes, closely related to the pufferfishes and filefishes. Fish in the family are known variously as boxfishes, cofferfishes, cowfishes and trunkfishes. It contains about 23 extant species in 6 extant genera.
==Taxonomy== Ostraciidae was first proposed as a family in 1810 by the French polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque. In the past this grouping was regarded as a subfamily, the Ostraciinae, along with the subfamily Aracaninae, of a wider Ostraciidae. However, recent phylogenetic studies have concluded that the families Aracanidae and Ostraciidae are valid families but that they are part of the same clade, the suborder Ostracioidei. The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies this clade as the suborder Ostracioidea within the order Tetraodontiformes.
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