# Ostracion nasus

Ostracion nasus és una espècie de peix de la família dels ostràcids i de l'ordre dels tetraodontiformes.

## Morfologia

Els mascles poden assolir 30 cm de longitud total.

## Hàbitat

És un peix marí, de clima tropical i associat als esculls de corall que viu entre 2-80 m de fondària.

## Distribució geogràfica

Es troba des de Sri Lanka i Sumatra fins a Fiji, les Filipines, República de Palau i Chuuk.

## Observacions

És verinós per als humans.

## Referències

* ↑ «Ostracion nasus». Catalogue of Life. (anglès)
* ↑ The Taxonomicon (anglès)
* 1 2 3 4 FishBase (anglès)
* ↑ Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen i R.C. Steene, 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p.
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* ↑ Blaber, S.J.M., D.T. Brewer i A.N. Harris, 1994. Distribution, biomass and community structure of demersal fishes of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwat. Res. 45(3):375-396.
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* ↑ Kailola, P.J., 1991. The fishes of Papua New Guinea: a revised and annotated checklist. Vol. III. Gobiidae to Molidae. Research Bulletin Núm. 41, Research Section, Dept. of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Papua Nova Guinea. 153 p.
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* ↑ Myers, R.F., 1999. Micronesian reef fishes: a comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 330 p.
* ↑ Ni, I.-H. i K.-Y. Kwok, 1999. Marine fish fauna in Hong Kong waters. Zool. Stud. 38(2):130-152.
* ↑ Ramm, D.C., P.J. Pender, R.S. Willing i R.C. Buckworth, 1990. Large-scale spatial patterns of abundance within the assemblage of fish caught by prawn trawlers in Northern Australian waters. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res., 1990 (41):79-95.
* ↑ Randall, J.E. i K.K.P. Lim (eds.), 2000. A checklist of the fishes of the South China Sea. Raffles Bull. Zool. Suppl. (8):569-667.
* ↑ Rau, N. i A. Rau, 1980. Commercial marine fishes of the Central Philippines (bony fish). German Agency for Technical Cooperation, Alemanya. 623 pp.
* ↑ Sinoda, M., P.Y. Lim i S.M. Tan, 1978. Preliminary study of trash fish landed at Kangkar Fish Market in Singapore. Bull. Jap. Soc. Sci. Fish. 44(6):595-600.
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* ↑ Villoso, E.P., G.V. Hermosa i C. Dizon, 1983. Species composition and diversity of fishes caught by otter trawling in Samar Sea. Fish. Res. J. Philipp. 8(2):33-49.

## Bibliografia

* Anònim, 2002. Base de dades de la col·lecció de peixos del American Museum of Natural History. American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West, NY 10024-5192, Estats Units
* Eschmeyer, William N.: Genera of Recent Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, Califòrnia, Estats Units iii + 697. ISBN 0-940228-23-8. Any 1990
* Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, núm. 1, vol. 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, Califòrnia, Estats Units ISBN 0-940228-47-5.
* Ganaden, S.R. i F. Lavapie-Gonzales, 1999. Common and local names of marine fishes of the Philippines. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Filipines 385 p.
* Hardy, J.D. Jr., 2003 Coral reef fish species. NOAA\National Oceanographic Data Center. NODC Coral Reef Data and Information Management System. Estats Units 537 p.
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* Hutchins, J.B., 1984. Ostraciidae. A: W. Fischer i G. Bianchi (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Indian Ocean (Fishing area 51). Vol. 3, FAO, Roma.
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* Tyler, J.C., 1978. Ostraciidae. A: W. Fischer (ed.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. West Atlantic (Fishing Area 31). Vol. 3. (pag. var.). FAO, Roma
* Wheeler, A.: The World Encyclopedia of Fishes, 2a edició, Londres Macdonald. Any 1985

## Enllaços externs

* AQUATAB