Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Yellow Boxfish
Ostracion cubicus
Yellow Boxfish
Category: Boxfishes
Scientific Name: Ostracion cubicus
Size: 12 to 18 in. (30 to 45 cm), Juvenile 1 to 3 in. (3 to 8 cm)  
Depth: 6-150 ft. (2-45 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, Australia, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
 └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  └Actinopteri (Superclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Tetraodontiformes (Order)
     └Ostraciidae (Family)
      └Ostracion (Genus)

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