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)

Odd-Shaped Swimmers
Boxfishes

Yellow Boxfish (Juvenile)

Yellow Boxfish (Intermediate Adult)

Yellow Boxfish (Adult)

Spotted Boxfish (Male)

Spotted Boxfish (Female)

Solor Boxfish (Male)

Solor Boxfish (Female)

Shortnose Boxfish

Honeycomb Cowfish

Scrawled Cowfish

Spotted Trunkfish

Spotted Trunkfish (Juvenile)

Buffalo Trunkfish

Smooth Trunkfish

Smooth Trunkfish (Juvenile)

Longhorn Cowfish

Thornback Cowfish



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