Overview
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Family : Boxfishes ; Occurs in shallow waters, more commonly in depths less than 20 m [1].
Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
ornate cowfish
Common Names in German:
Schmuck-Kofferfisch
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
丽六棱箱鲀, 麗六棱箱魨
Description
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Habitat
May be found at depths of 5 to 60 meters.
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -82 meters (0 to -269 feet).[2]
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Tetraodontiformes
()
- Suborder:
Balistoidei
()
- Family:
Ostraciidae
()
- Subfamily:
Aracaninae
()
- Genus:
Aracana
()
- Gray, 1838
- Specific name:
ornata
- Scientific name: - Aracana ornata (Gray, 1838)
- Specific name:
ornata
- Genus:
Aracana
(
- Subfamily:
Aracaninae
(
- Family:
Ostraciidae
(
- Suborder:
Balistoidei
(
- Order:
Tetraodontiformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Aracana ornata • Aracana ornata (Gray, 1838) • Aracana ornata Gray 1838 • Ostracion flavigaster Gray • Ostracion ornata • Ostracion ornata Gray • Ostracion ornata Gray, 1838
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 10-Dec-1998
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Aracana
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. aurita (Striped Cowfish) · A. ornata (Ornate Cowfish)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- ... The genera of fishes. .. A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature. By David Starr Jordan. Stanford University, Calif., The University, 1917-1920. url p. 192.
- Annals of natural history. London, R. and J.E. Taylor, url p. 110.
- Catalogue of the fishes in the. .. Museum / by A. Günther 1870. url p. 267.
- Fishery circular / U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries. [Washington]: The Bureau, 1931-1939. url p. 199, p. 395.
- Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmania, The Society. url p. 72.
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 439, p. 439.
- Records of the South Australian Museum / Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery of South Australia. Adelaide: Published under the authority of the board of governors and edited by the museum director, 1918- url p. 192, p. 193.
- The genera of fishes. ..: A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature / By David Starr Jordan. Stanford University, Calif.: The University, 1917-1920. url p. 192.
- The naturalist in Australia, London, Chapman & Hall, 1897. url .
- The naturalist in Australia, by W. Saville-Kent. .. London, Chapman & Hall, limited, 1897. url p. 187.
- Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia (Incorporated). Adelaide: W.C. Rigby, 1912-1937. url p. 489, p. 493.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- Matsuura, Keiichi (from FishBase).
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: CSIRO Marine Data Warehouse (OBIS Australia)
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 120543
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-47744
- Fishbase Species ID: 14562
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13809445
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 173266
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 102875
Footnotes
- May, J.L. and J.G.H. Maxwell (1986). Trawl fish from temperate waters of Australia. CSIRO Division of Fisheries Research, Tasmania. 492 p. [back]
- Mean = -16.670 meters (-54.692 feet), Standard Deviation = 38.750 based on 9 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
