Paracanthostracion lindsayi

Paracanthostracion lindsayi
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Ostraciidae
Genus: Paracanthostracion
Whitley, 1933
Species: P. lindsayi
Binomial name
Paracanthostracion lindsayi
(Phillipps, 1932)

Paracanthostracion lindsayi is a species of boxfish endemic to New Zealand. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1]

References

  1. Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.


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