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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Aracanidae Deepwater boxfishes

Genus: Caprichthys

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Photo by CSIRO

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 11 cm TL
Caprichthys gymnura McCulloch & Waite, 1915

Photo by CSIRO
 
Caprichthys gymnura
[Rigid boxfish]
1 Species of Family Aracanidae with Genus Caprichthys
(Deepwater boxfishes)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1915 Caprichthys gymnura Rigid boxfish Eastern Indian Ocean 11 TL



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