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Solor Boxfish

Ostracion solorense

Also known as: Cowfish, Jigsaw Boxfish, Reticulate Boxfish, Reticulated Boxfish, Scribbled Boxfish, Solorensis Boxfish, Striped Boxfish, Trunkfish, Ostracion solorensis

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2024
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Adult
@fishx6 · Mandang Resort Hotel, Papua New Guinea · May 20121 / 6
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Overview

Found singly or in pairs, over shallow crests and upper slopes of clear coastal reefs, rich with invertebrate growth.

The bodies of Boxfish are covered in a toxic mucus which can be released when stressed.

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How to identify

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Pattern
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Behaviour
pairssolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Pacific
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Found singly or in pairs, over shallow crests and upper slopes of clear coastal reefs, rich with invertebrate growth.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderTetraodontiformes
    5. familyOstraciidae
    6. genusOstracion
    7. speciesOstracion solorense Bleeker, 1853

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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