Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Solor Boxfish
Ostracion solorense
Solor Boxfish
Category: Boxfishes
Scientific Name: Ostracion solorense
Synonyms: Ostracion solorensis
Size: 2 to 5 ft. (60 to 150 cm)  
Depth: 5-250 ft. (2-75 m)
Distribution: West Pacific, Indonesia, Great Barrier Reef
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Actinopteri (Superclass)
    └Teleostei (Class)
     └Tetraodontiformes (Order)
      └Ostraciidae (Family)
       └Ostracion (Genus)
        └O. solorense (Species)

Odd-Shaped Swimmers
Boxfishes

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

Yellow Boxfish (Juvenile)

Yellow Boxfish (Intermediate Adult)

Yellow Boxfish (Adult)

Spotted Boxfish (Male)

Spotted Boxfish (Female)



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