Ostracion cubicus  (Linnaeus, 1778)

Yellow Boxfish
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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Suborder: Balistoidei
Superfamily: Ostracioidea
Family: Ostraciidae
Subfamily: Ostraciinae
Genus: Ostracion
Species: cubicus

  • Common names: Yellow Boxfish
  • Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Persian Gulf (Ref.80050), Red Sea and East Africa (Ref. 3141) to the Hawaiian and Tuamoto islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Lord Howe Island. 
  • Image locations: Krabi (Koh Haa)
  • Environment: Marine
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations
Images of Ostracion cubicus from Thailand.
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Ostracion cubicus (Yellow boxfish). Koh Haa, Krabi Province. December, 2014.
References: 
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