Yellow Boxfish
Ostracion cubicum
- Group: Boxfish
- Typical depth: 1–280 m
- Max size: 45 cm
- For divers: safe
- IUCN status: LC
Bright yellow and shaped like a dice, the young boxfish turns more drab and bluish as it ages. It lives alone on lagoon and seaward reefs, grazing algae along with sponges, molluscs and other small invertebrates, and its rigid box of fused plates leaves only the fins and mouth free to move.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Teleostei › Tetraodontiformes › Ostraciidae › Ostracion
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 403462.
FAQ
- How deep does the Yellow Boxfish live?
- The Yellow Boxfish (Ostracion cubicum) is typically found at 1–280 m.
- Is the Yellow Boxfish dangerous to divers?
- The Yellow Boxfish is harmless to divers.
- How big does the Yellow Boxfish get?
- The Yellow Boxfish grows to about 45 cm.