| Boarfishes Temporal range:
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| Deepbody boarfish, Antigonia capros | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Caproidae Bonaparte, 1835 |
| Subfamilies and genera | |
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Caproidae, or boarfishes, are a small family of marine fishes comprising two genera and 19 species. These fishes are found throughout the world in temperate and tropical seas.