Ostracion

Ostracion is a genus of the boxfish family Ostraciidae. Fish in the genus are known as box puffers. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 and makes a brief appearance in Jules Verne's maritime sci-fi novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea.

Species
The following are species in this genus:
 * Ostracion cornutus Linnaeus, 1758
 * Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758 (Yellow boxfish)
 * Ostracion cyanurus Rüppell, 1828 (Bluetail trunkfish)
 * Ostracion immaculatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 (Bluespotted boxfish)
 * Ostracion meleagris G. Shaw, 1796 (White-spotted boxfish)
 * Ostracion nasus Bloch, 1785 (Shortnose boxfish)
 * Ostracion rhinorhynchos Bleeker, 1851 (Horn-nosed boxfish)
 * Ostracion solorensis Bleeker, 1853 (Reticulate boxfish)
 * Ostracion trachys J. E. Randall, 1975 (Roughskin trunkfish)
 * Ostracion whitleyi Fowler, 1931 (Whitley's boxfish)