Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Horn-Nose Boxfish
Ostracion rhinorhynchos
Horn-Nose Boxfish
Category: Boxfishes
Scientific Name: Ostracion rhinorhynchos
Size: Up to 12 in. (30 cm)  
Depth: 6-200 ft. (2-60 m)
Distribution: Micronesia, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia
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. rhinorhynchos (Species)
WoRMS ID: 278935🔗
iNaturalist ID: 372197🔗

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