4,218 observations
Yellow Boxfish
Ostracion cubicum
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia ›Phylum: Chordata ›Class: Actinopterygii ›Order: Tetraodontiformes ›Family: Ostraciidae ›Genus: Ostracion
About
The yellow boxfish (Ostracion cubicus) is a species of boxfish. It can be found in reefs throughout the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean as well as the south eastern Atlantic Ocean. It reaches a maximum length of 45 centimetres (18Â in).