Shortnose boxfish
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| Species: | O. nasus
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| Ostracion nasus (Bloch, 1785)
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Rhynchostracion nasus Bloch, 1785 | |
Ostracion nasus also known as the Shortnose boxfish is a species of boxfish found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. This species grows to a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) TL.[1]
References
- ^ Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.
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