Ostraciidae

Translingual

Ostracion cubicus, typical of Ostraciidae

Etymology

Ostracion +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Ostraciidae

A taxonomic family within the order Tetraodontiformes – the boxfishes, cofferfishes, cowfishes, trunkfishes, and turretfishes.

Hypernyms

(family): Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass; Actinopterygii - class; Neopterygii - subclass; Teleostei - infraclass; Acanthopterygii - superorder; Tetraodontiformes - order

Hyponyms

(family): Ostracion (boxfishes) – type genus; Acanthostracion (cowfishes), Lactophrys (trunkfishes), Lactoria (cowfishes), Paracanthostracion, Rhinesomus (trunkfishes), Tetrosomus (turretfishes and a boxfish) - genera

References

Ostraciidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ostraciidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Ostraciidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Ostraciidae at World Register of Marine Species
Ostraciidae on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Ostraciidae at the Tree of Life Web Project
Ostraciidae at Encyclopedia of Life
Ostraciidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Ostraciidae at Fossilworks

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