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Basketfishes
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Basketfishes

Kentrocapros

Kentrocapros is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Aracanidae, the deepwater boxfishes or temperate boxfishes. These fishes are found in the coastal waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Itomaki Basketfish

speciesKentrocapros aculeatus

Yellowstriped Boxfish

speciesKentrocapros flavofasciatus

Basketfish

speciesKentrocapros rosapinto

Goldendotted Basketfish

speciesKentrocapros flavimaculatus

Hawaiian Basketfish

speciesKentrocapros spilonotus

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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 89226.