Western smooth boxfish
| Western smooth boxfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Aracanidae |
| Genus: | Anoplocapros |
| Species: | A. amygdaloides
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| Binomial name | |
| Anoplocapros amygdaloides Fraser-Brunner, 1941
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The Western smooth boxfish (Anoplocapros amygdaloides), also known as the blue boxfish or robust boxfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Aracanidae, the deepwater boxfishes or tempereate boxfishes. This fish is endemic to the seas of southwestern Australia.
Taxonomy
[edit]The Western smooth boxfish was first formally described in 1941 by the British ichthyologist Alec Fraser-Brunner with its type locality given as Australia.[2] This species is a member of the genus Anoplocapros[3] which the 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies within the family Aracanidae within the suborder Ostracioidea in the order Tetraodontiformes.[4]
Etymology
[edit]The Western smooth boxfish is in the genus Anoplocapros, a name which compounds anoplos, meaning "unarmed", with capros, which means a "wild boar". The unarmed part refers to the lack of spines, while the allusion to wild boars may refer to these fishes being known as seapigs in the 19th Century, probably an allusion to the resmeblance of these fishes on a rear view to a pig. The specific name, amygdaloides, suffixes -oides, meaning "having the form of" onto amygdalus, the name of the subgenus of Prunus which includes the peach, a reference to the resemblance of the carapace to the large stone of a peach.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Matsuura, K.; Amaoka, K. & Carpenter, K.E. (2020). "Anoplocapros amygdaloides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T162917863A162917900. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T162917863A162917900.en. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Anoplocapros". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Anoplocapros amygdaloides". FishBase. June 2024 version.
- ^ Nelson, J.S.; Grande, T.C.; Wilson, M.V.H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 518–526. doi:10.1002/9781119174844. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. LCCN 2015037522. OCLC 951899884. OL 25909650M.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf (21 August 2024). "Order TETRAODONTIFORMES: Families MOLIDAE, BALISTIDAE, MONACANTHIDAE, ARACANIDAE and OSTRACIIDAE". Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 19 September 2024.