A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Ostraciidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Acanthostracion notacanthus (Bleeker, 1863) | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthostracion polygonium Poey, 1876 | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| scrawled cowfishAcanthostracion quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758) | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spotted trunkfishLactophrys bicaudalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| smooth trunkfishLactophrys triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758) | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| longhorn cowfishLactoria cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758) | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| roundbelly cowfishLactoria diaphana (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| thornback cowfishLactoria fornasini (Bianconi, 1846) | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lactoria paschae (Rendahl, 1921) | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ostracion immaculatum Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| shortnose boxfishOstracion nasus Bloch, 1785 | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ostracion rhinorhynchos Bleeker, 1851 | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ostracion solorense Bleeker, 1853 | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ostracion whitleyi Fowler, 1931 | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paracanthostracion lindsayi (Phillipps, 1932) | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Humpback turretfishTetrosomus gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758) | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tetrosomus stellifer (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.