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Class: Teleostei
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Aracanidae Deepwater boxfishes

Genus: Anoplocapros

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Photo by Groeneveld, R.

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Anoplocapros amygdaloides Fraser-Brunner, 1941

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Anoplocapros amygdaloides
[Western smooth boxfish]

Photo by Dubosc, J.

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 37 cm TL
Anoplocapros inermis (Fraser-Brunner, 1935)

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Anoplocapros inermis
[Eastern smooth boxfish]

Photo by Good, P.

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 33 cm TL
Anoplocapros lenticularis (Richardson, 1841)

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Anoplocapros lenticularis
[White-barred boxfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Anoplocapros amygdaloides Western smooth boxfish Eastern Indian Ocean 30 TL 1941
Anoplocapros inermis Eastern smooth boxfish Indo-West Pacific. 37 TL 1935
Anoplocapros lenticularis White-barred boxfish Eastern Indian Ocean 33 TL 1841



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