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Trunkfish
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. Etymology Ostraciidae takes its name from its type genus, ''Ostracion'', a name which means "little box" and is an allusion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lactophrys
''Lactophrys'' is a genus of Marine life, marine Actinopterygii, ray-finned fishes belonging to the Family (biology), family Ostraciidae, the boxfishes. The boxfishes in this genus are found in the western Atlantic Ocean and are known as trunkfishes. Taxonomy ''Lactophrys'' was first proposed in 1839 as a subgenus of ''Tetrosomus'' by the British zoologist William Swainson. In 1865 Pieter Bleeker designated ''Ostracion trigonus'' as the type species of this taxon. ''O. trigonus'' has been first formally Species description, described by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae published in 1758, the Type locality (biology), type locality was mistakenly given as India when it is actually the Western Atlantic. The 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' classifies this genus within the family Ostraciidae in the suborder Ostracioidea within the Order (biology), order Tetraodontiformes. Etymology ''Lactophrys'' is a compound of ''lactaria'', meaning a "milkcow", and ''oph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lactophrys Trigonus
''Lactophrys trigonus'', the buffalo trunkfish or trunkfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ostraciidae, the boxfishes. The buffalo trunkfish is found in the Western Atlantic Ocean. Taxonomy ''Lactophrys trigonus'' was first formally described as ''Ostracion trigonus'' in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae with its type locality given as the Western Atlantic. In 1839 William Swainson proposed a new subgenus of '' Ostracion'' he called '' Lactophrys'' and in 1865 Pieter Bleeker designated this species, ''O. trigonus'' as the type species of ''Lactophrys''. The 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' classifies the genus ''Lactophrys'' within the family Ostraciidae in the suborder Ostracioidea within the order Tetraodontiformes. Etymology ''Lactophrys trigonus'' is a member of the genus ''Lactophrys'', a name which is a compound of ''lactaria'', meaning a "milkcow", and ''ophrys'', meaning "eyebrow", a reference to the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellow Boxfish
The yellow boxfish (''Ostracion cubicum'') is a species of Marine life, marine Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish belonging to the Family (biology), family Ostraciidae, the boxfishes. This species is found in reefs throughout the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean as well as the southeastern Atlantic Ocean, although since 2011 it has also been occasionally recorded in the Levantine waters of the Mediterranean Sea which it likely entered via the Suez Canal. The species is present in the aquarium trade. They are known for their cuboid body shape, bright yellow and black spotted coloration, and the secretion of a toxic mucus when threatened. Taxonomy The yellow boxfish was first formally Species description, described by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'' published in 1758 with its Type locality (biology), type locality given as India. The classification of O. ''cubicum'' was at first debated. Carl Linnaeus used both the names O. ''cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ostracion Cubicus
The yellow boxfish (''Ostracion cubicum'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ostraciidae, the boxfishes. This species is found in reefs throughout the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean as well as the southeastern Atlantic Ocean, although since 2011 it has also been occasionally recorded in the Levantine waters of the Mediterranean Sea which it likely entered via the Suez Canal. The species is present in the aquarium trade. They are known for their cuboid body shape, bright yellow and black spotted coloration, and the secretion of a toxic mucus when threatened. Taxonomy The yellow boxfish was first formally described by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'' published in 1758 with its type locality given as India. The classification of O. ''cubicum'' was at first debated. Carl Linnaeus used both the names O. ''cubicum'' and O. ''tuberculatum'' in order to describe the yellow boxfish. Because of the scarcity of comprehensive descrip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filefish
The filefish (Monacanthidae) are a diverse family of tropical to subtropical tetraodontiform marine fish, which are also known as foolfish, leatherjackets, or shingles. They live in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. Filefish are closely related to triggerfish, pufferfish, and trunkfish. The filefish family comprises about 102 species in 27 genera. More than half of the species are found in Australian waters, with 58 species in 23 genera. Their laterally compressed bodies and rough, sandpapery skin inspired the filefish's common name. Description Appearing very much like their close relatives the triggerfish, filefish are rhomboid-shaped, with beautifully elaborate cryptic patterns. Deeply keeled bodies give a false impression of size when the fish are viewed facing the flanks. Filefish have soft, simple fins, with comparatively small pectoral fins and truncated, fan-shaped tail fins; a slender, retractable spine crowns the head. Although usually two of these spines oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ostracioidei
Ostracioidea or Ostracioidei, the boxfishes, is a suborder of Actinopterygii, ray-finned fishes belonging to the Order (biology), order Tetraodontiformes, which also includes the pufferfishes, filefishes and triggerfishes. The fishes in this taxon are found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Taxonomy Ostracioidea was named in 1810 by the French polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, and has been regarded as a family with the two extant families being regarded as subfamilies. However, recent Phylogenetics, phylogenetic studies have concluded that the families Aracanidae and Ostraciidae are valid families but that they are part of the same clade. The 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' classifies this clade as the suborder Ostracioidea within the order Tetraodontiformes. Etymology Ostracioidea takes its name from the type genus, ''Ostracion'', of the family Ostraciidae. This name was proposed by Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus in 1758 and means "little box" an allusion to the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scrawled Cowfish
The scrawled cowfish (''Acanthostracion quadricornis'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ostraciidae, the boxfishes. This species is found in the Western Atlantic Ocean. Taxonomy The scrawled cowfish was first formally described as ''Ostracion quadricornis'' by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, published in 1758. Linnaeus erroneously gave the type locality of this species as "India". In 1865 Pieter Bleeker proposed a new subgenus of '' Ostracion'' which he called '' Acanthostracion''. Bleeker did not designate a type species when he first used the name in his paper, but he designated ''Ostracion quadricornis'' as the type species later that year when he published his ''Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientalis Neerlandais''. The 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' classifies the genus ''Acanthostracion'' within the family Ostraciidae, in the suborder Ostracioidea, within the order Tetraodontiformes. Etymology The scrawled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carapace
A carapace is a dorsal (upper) section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including arthropods, such as crustaceans and arachnids, as well as vertebrates, such as turtles and tortoises. In turtles and tortoises, the underside is called the plastron. In botany, a carapace refers to the hard outer cover of a seed which protects the inner embryo. Crustaceans In crustaceans, the carapace functions as a protective cover over the cephalothorax (i.e., the fused head and thorax, as distinct from the abdomen behind). Where it projects forward beyond the eyes, this projection is called a rostrum. The carapace is calcified to varying degrees in different crustaceans. Zooplankton within the phylum Crustacea also have a carapace. These include Cladocera, ostracods, and isopods, but isopods only have a developed "cephalic shield" carapace covering the head. Arachnids In arachnids, the carapace is formed by the fusion of prosomal tergites into a single pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Predation
Predation is a biological interaction in which one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common List of feeding behaviours, feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill the Host (biology), host) and parasitoidism (which always does, eventually). It is distinct from Scavenger, scavenging on dead prey, though many predators also scavenge; it overlaps with Herbivore, herbivory, as Seed predation, seed predators and destructive frugivores are predators. Predation behavior varies significantly depending on the organism. Many predators, especially carnivores, have evolved distinct hunting strategy, hunting strategies. Pursuit predation involves the active search for and pursuit of prey, whilst ambush predation, ambush predators instead wait for prey to present an opportunity for capture, and often use stealth or aggressive mimicry. Other predators are opportunism, opportunistic or om ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is bounded by the continents of Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east. At in area (as defined with a southern Antarctic border), the Pacific Ocean is the largest division of the World Ocean and the hydrosphere and covers approximately 46% of Earth's water surface and about 32% of the planet's total surface area, larger than its entire land area ().Pacific Ocean . ''Encyclopædia Britannica, Britannica Concise.'' 2008: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. The centers of both the Land and water hemispheres, water hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere, as well as the Pole of inaccessi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the Age of Discovery, it was known for separating the New World of the Americas (North America and South America) from the Old World of Afro-Eurasia (Africa, Asia, and Europe). Through its separation of Afro-Eurasia from the Americas, the Atlantic Ocean has played a central role in the development of human society, globalization, and the histories of many nations. While the Norse colonization of North America, Norse were the first known humans to cross the Atlantic, it was the expedition of Christopher Columbus in 1492 that proved to be the most consequential. Columbus's expedition ushered in an Age of Discovery, age of exploration and colonization of the Americas by European powers, most notably Portuguese Empire, Portugal, Spanish Empire, Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approximately 20% of the water area of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia (continent), Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by the Southern Ocean or Antarctica, depending on the definition in use. The Indian Ocean has large marginal or regional seas, including the Andaman Sea, the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, and the Laccadive Sea. Geologically, the Indian Ocean is the youngest of the oceans, and it has distinct features such as narrow continental shelf, continental shelves. Its average depth is 3,741 m. It is the warmest ocean, with a significant impact on global climate due to its interaction with the atmosphere. Its waters are affected by the Indian Ocean Walker circulation, resulting in unique oceanic currents and upwelling patterns. The Indian Ocean is ecologically diverse, with important ecosystems such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
