Anoplocapros Explained

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]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Anoplocapros amygdaloides Fraser-Brunner, 1941	Western smooth boxfish	Eastern Indian Ocean: southern Australia, from Western Australia and South Australia.
	Anoplocapros inermis (Fraser-Brunner, 1935)	Eastern smooth boxfish	southeastern Australia from southern Queensland to Western Port (Victoria), Solomon Islands and South Africa.
	Anoplocapros lenticularis (J. Richardson, 1841)	White-barred boxfish	Australia.

Notes and References

1. 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.