Animal Diversity Web

Lactoria fornasini

Thornback boxfish

(Also: shortspined cowfish)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Tetraodontiformes
        
        Family Ostraciidae (Boxfishes)
        
        Genus Lactoria
        
        Species Lactoria fornasini (Thornback boxfish)