Polyplacapros tyleri, also known as the tyler's boxfish, is a species of deepwater boxfish native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean where it is found near Australia, New Zealand and the sea mounts of the Norfolk Ridge at a depth of around 132 metres (433 ft). This species is the only known member of the genus Polyplacapros.[1]
Polyplacapros | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Aracanidae |
Genus: | Polyplacapros E. Fujii & Uyeno, 1979 |
Species: | P. tyleri
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Binomial name | |
Polyplacapros tyleri |
References
edit- ^ 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.