Aracana aurita

Aracana aurita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Aracanidae
Genus: Aracana
Species:
A. aurita
Binomial name
Aracana aurita
(Shaw, 1798)
Synonyms
List
    • Ostracion auritus Shaw, 1798
    • Acarana aurita (Shaw, 1798)
    • Ostracion striatus Shaw, 1804
    • Ostracion tobinii Donovan, 1824
    • Ostracion lineata Gray, 1839
    • Ostracion spilogaster Richardson, 1840
    • Aracana spilogaster spinosissima McCulloch & Waite, 1915
    • Aracana spilogaster angustata McCulloch & Waite, 1915

Aracana aurita, the Shaw's cowfish, painted boxfish, southern cowfish or striped cowfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Aracanidae, the deepwater boxfishes or temperate boxfishes. This species is endemic to the seas off southern Australia.

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