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| Taxonomy Name | Rhynchostracion nasus |
| Class | Actinopterygii |
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| Genus | Rhynchostracion |
| Family | Ostraciidae |
| DOF Valid Name | Kaban Tanda |
| Common Name | Cowfish, Small-nose boxfish, Trunkfish |
| Fish Base Name | Shortnose boxfish |
| Local Name | Buntal batu, Buntal kotak, Buntal Panjang, Buntal Peti, Ikan lembu, Lelembu |
| Synonym | Ostracion nasus |
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| Body Color | Body grey with black spots from head to caudal fin. |
| Spesific Description | Body almost completely encased in a bony shell or carapace formed of enlarge, thicked scale plates, usually hexagonal in shape and firmly sutured to one another; no isolated bony plates on caudal peduncle. Carapace triangular in cross-section. Pelvic fins absent. Lateral line inconspicuous. Has a small protuberance above the mouth and a distinctly concave snout profile. |
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