Florent's Guide To The

French Polynesian Reefs

Yellow Boxfish
Ostracion cubicum
Yellow Boxfish
Category: Boxfishes
Scientific Name: Ostracion cubicum
Synonyms: 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) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Tetraodontiformes (Order)
     └Balistoidei (Suborder)
      └Ostraciidae (Family) Boxfishes
       └Ostracion (Genus)
        └O. cubicum (Species)
WoRMS ID: 403462🔗
iNaturalist ID: 49378🔗

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