''Kentrocapros'' is a
genus
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of
deepwater boxfishes native to coastal waters of the
Indian
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and
Pacific Ocean
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s.
Species
There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:
[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.'']
* ''
Kentrocapros aculeatus''
( Houttuyn, 1782)
* ''
Kentrocapros eco''
(Phillipps
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, 1932)
* ''
Kentrocapros flavofasciatus''
( Kamohara, 1938)
* ''
Kentrocapros rosapinto''
( J. L. B. Smith, 1949) (Basketfish)
* ''
Kentrocapros spilonota''
( C. H. Gilbert, 1905)
References
Aracanidae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Johann Jakob Kaup
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