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Aracana
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Aracana

Aracana is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Aracanidae, the deepwater boxfishes or temperate boxfishes. These fishes are endemic to the waters around Australia.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Ornate Cowfish

speciesAracana ornata

Shaw's Cowfish

speciesAracana aurita

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86586.