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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Aracanidae Deepwater boxfishes

Genus: Anoplocapros

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3 species (see list below)

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Photo by CSIRO

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Anoplocapros amygdaloides Fraser-Brunner, 1941

Photo by CSIRO
 
Anoplocapros amygdaloides
[Western smooth boxfish]

Photo by Dubosc, J.

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 37 cm TL
Anoplocapros inermis (Fraser-Brunner, 1935)

Photo by Dubosc, J.
 
Anoplocapros inermis
[Eastern smooth boxfish]

Photo by Good, P.

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 33 cm TL
Anoplocapros lenticularis (Richardson, 1841)

Photo by Good, P.
 
Anoplocapros lenticularis
[White-barred boxfish]
3 Species of Family Aracanidae with Genus Anoplocapros
(Deepwater boxfishes)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1941 Anoplocapros amygdaloides Western smooth boxfish Eastern Indian Ocean 30 TL
1935 Anoplocapros inermis Eastern smooth boxfish Indo-West Pacific. 37 TL
1841 Anoplocapros lenticularis White-barred boxfish Eastern Indian Ocean 33 TL



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