Taxonomy

Animalia

Chordata

Actinopterygii

Tetraodontiformes

Ostraciidae

Shell Four-tooth-shaped Ray-finned-fishes Possessing-a-chord Animals

Ostraciidae is a family of squared, bony fish belonging to the order Tetraodontiformes, closely related to the pufferfishes and filefishes. Fish in the family are known variously as boxfishes, cofferfishes, cowfishes and trunkfishes. It contains about 23 extant species in 6 extant genera.

Ostraciidae. Retrieved May, 08 2021, from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostraciidae.