shortnose boxfish
Ostracion nasus Bloch, 1785
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ostracion nasus Bloch, 1785
- Name authority
- Bloch, 1785
- Common name
- shortnose boxfish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Ostraciidae
- Genus
- Ostracion
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderTetraodontiformes
- suborderBalistoidei
- familyOstraciidae Rafinesque, 1810
- genusOstracion Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesOstracion nasus Bloch, 1785
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Ostracion. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ostracion immaculatum Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ostracion solorense Bleeker, 1853 | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ostracion rhinorhynchos Bleeker, 1851 | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ostracion whitleyi Fowler, 1931 | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Ryncostracion nasus (Bloch, 1785) (Bloch, 1785) | synonym |
| Rhynchostracion nasus (Bloch, 1785) (Bloch, 1785) | synonym |
| Phynchostracion nasus (Bloch, 1785) (Bloch, 1785) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Bloch, M. E. (1785). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. Berlin, v. 1: i–viii + 1–136, Pls. 109–144. [Also a combined edition of two volumes, v. 1–4 in I, 5–9 in II. Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 4 published 1787.]. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6TCTV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.