Yellow Boxfish
Ostracion cubicum
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Ostraciidae
Ostracion cubicum (nom vernaculaire Poisson-coffre jaune) est une espèce de poissons de récif corallien de la famille des Ostraciidae et qui se rencontre dans les océans Indien et Pacifique. C'est un poisson très commun. Description Ostracion cubicum mesure jusqu'à 45 cm.
The yellow boxfish (Ostracion cubicum) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ostraciidae, the boxfishes. This species is found in reefs throughout the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean as well as the southeastern Atlantic Ocean, although since 2011 it has also been occasionally recorded in the Levantine waters of the Mediterranean Sea which it likely entered via the Suez Canal. The species is present in the aquarium trade.
Ostracion cubicum es una especie de peces de la familia Ostraciidae en el orden de los Tetraodontiformes. Su nombre común es pez cofre amarillo o pez cofre moteado. Morfología El pez cofre amarillo se puede reconocer por su característico cuerpo con forma cúbica.
Distribution
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