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Class: Teleostei
Order: Acropomatiformes
Family: Ostracoberycidae Shellskin alfonsinos

Genus: Ostracoberyx

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3 species (see list below)
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Photo by Ramachandran, S.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 23 cm SL
Ostracoberyx dorygenys Fowler, 1934

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Ostracoberyx dorygenys
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Max. Length 8 cm SL
 
Ostracoberyx fowleri
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Photo by Graham, K.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 15.7 cm SL
Ostracoberyx paxtoni Quéro & Ozouf-Costaz, 1991

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Ostracoberyx paxtoni
[Spinycheek seabass]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Ostracoberyx dorygenys Indo-West Pacific 23 SL 1934
Ostracoberyx fowleri Northwest Pacific 8 SL 1939
Ostracoberyx paxtoni Spinycheek seabass Western Pacific 15.7 SL 1991



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