Caproidae

For the species called boarfish, see Capros aper.

Boarfishes
Temporal range:
Boarfish, Capros aper, the only extant species
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Caproidae
Bonaparte, 1835
Genera

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Caproidae, or boarfishes, are a small family of marine fishes with a single extant species, the boarfish (Capros aper), native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, as well as a few other extinct species and genera.

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