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Triangular Boxfish

Tetrosomus concatenatus

Also known as: Smallspine Turretfish, Triangular Turretfish, Trunkfish, Turretfish

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Adult
@ColinJLT · Prevally, Australia · October 20181 / 1
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Overview

Found singly, often close to large remote sponges, in seagrass beds and weedy bottoms, of muddy bays, estuaries, and coastal reefs.

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

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
blotcheshexagonal spots
Behaviour
solitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
  • Exact location · 1
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Found singly, often close to large remote sponges, in seagrass beds and weedy bottoms, of muddy bays, estuaries, and coastal reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderTetraodontiformes
    5. familyOstraciidae
    6. genusTetrosomus
    7. speciesTetrosomus concatenatus (Bloch, 1785)

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