Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Actinopterygii - (Order) Tetraodontiformes - (Family) Ostraciidae

Original position

Branchiostegi (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 407. [assumed]

Original entries

Ostracion bicaudalis Linnaeus, 1758
Ostracion cornutus Linnaeus, 1758
Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758
Ostracion gibbosus Linnaeus, 1758
Ostracion quadricornis Linnaeus, 1758
Ostracion tricornis Linnaeus, 1758
Ostracion trigonus Linnaeus, 1758
Ostracion triqueter Linnaeus, 1758
Ostracion tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Ostraciinae (Subfamily)

Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2493.

Alternative positions

Branchiostegi (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 330. [new taxon]
Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 407. [new position]
Ostraciontidae (Family)	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Historical positions

Plectognathi (Order)	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 451. [rough position]
Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 349, 407. [new position]
Branchiostegi (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 243, 330.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	9s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[9s]
1990-present	R. Froese & D. Pauly: 26 Sep 2005	[9s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[9s]