WoRMS taxon details
Kentrocapros aculeatus (Houttuyn, 1782)
278931 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278931)
accepted
Species
Ostracion aculeatus Houttuyn, 1782 · unaccepted
Ostracion cubicus aculeatus Houttuyn, 1782 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ostracion hexagonus Thunberg, 1787 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ostracion aculeatus Houttuyn, 1782) Houttuyn, M. (1782). Beschryving van eenige Japanese visschen, en andere zee-schepzelen. <em>Verhandelingen der Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, Haarlem.</em> v. 20 (pt 2): 311-350.
page(s): 346 [details]
page(s): 346 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Kentrocapros aculeatus (Houttuyn, 1782). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278931 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ostracion aculeatus Houttuyn, 1782) Houttuyn, M. (1782). Beschryving van eenige Japanese visschen, en andere zee-schepzelen. <em>Verhandelingen der Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, Haarlem.</em> v. 20 (pt 2): 311-350.
page(s): 346 [details]
original description (of Ostracion hexagonus Thunberg, 1787) Thunberg, C. P. (1787-1821). Museum naturalium Academiae Upsaliensis. ... Praesidae. C. P. Thunberg, etc. 33 parts. <em>Upsaliae.</em>
page(s): 30, footnote 9 [details]
page(s): 346 [details]
original description (of Ostracion hexagonus Thunberg, 1787) Thunberg, C. P. (1787-1821). Museum naturalium Academiae Upsaliensis. ... Praesidae. C. P. Thunberg, etc. 33 parts. <em>Upsaliae.</em>
page(s): 30, footnote 9 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | イトマキフグ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Ostracion aculeatus Houttuyn, 1782)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Ostracion hexagonus Thunberg, 1787)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Ostracion aculeatus Houttuyn, 1782)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Kentrocapros aculeatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion hexagonus Thunberg, 1787)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion cubicus aculeatus Houttuyn, 1782)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Kentrocapros aculeatus, Hawaii, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Ostracion cubicus aculeatus Houttuyn, 1782)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Kentrocapros aculeatus FIN031619 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Ostracion aculeatus Houttuyn, 1782)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Ostracion hexagonus Thunberg, 1787)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Ostracion aculeatus Houttuyn, 1782)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Kentrocapros aculeatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion hexagonus Thunberg, 1787)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion cubicus aculeatus Houttuyn, 1782)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Kentrocapros aculeatus, Hawaii, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Ostracion cubicus aculeatus Houttuyn, 1782)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Kentrocapros aculeatus FIN031619 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
