Ostracion

Translingual

Ostracion cubicus

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὀστρᾰ́κιον (ostrákion), diminutive of ὄστρακον (óstrakon, “shellfish”)

Proper noun

Ostracion m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ostraciidae – some of the fish called boxfishes and trunkfishes.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Acanthopterygii - superorder; Tetraodontiformes - order; Ostraciidae - family; Ostraciinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Ostracion cubicus - type species. For other species see Ostracion on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Ostracion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ostracion on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ostracion on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ostracion at World Register of Marine Species
• Ostracion at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Ostracion at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Ostracion at Paleobiology Database