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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Tetraodontiformes

Subordo: Ostracioidei
Familia: Aracanidae
Genus: Anoplocapros
Species: A. amygdaloides – A. inermis – A. lenticularis – A. robustus
Name

Anoplocapros Kaup, 1855: 220

Type species: Ostracion lenticularis ♂ Richardson, 1841. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker, 1865: 28.
Synonyms

Strophiurichthys Fraser-Brunner, 1935: 316, 318

References

Kaup, J.J. 1855: Uebersicht über die Species einiger Familien der Sclerodermen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 21(1): 215–233.
Gomon, M.F. , C.J.M. Glover & R.H. Kuiter 1994: (Eds.) The fishes of Australia's south coast. Flora and Fauna of South Australia Handbooks Committee. State Printer, Adelaide. The fishes of Australia's south coast.: 1–992.

Vernacular names
English: Boxfish

Anoplocapros is a genus of deepwater boxfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans where they are found mostly around Australia.
Species

There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:[1]

Anoplocapros amygdaloides Fraser-Brunner, 1941 (Western smooth boxfish)
Anoplocapros inermis (Fraser-Brunner, 1935) (Eastern smooth boxfish)
Anoplocapros lenticularis (J. Richardson, 1841) (White-barred boxfish)

References

Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.

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