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Box Fish -Juvenile

Ostraciidae

Photo by AlbertKang
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Description:

Ostraciidae is a family of squared, bony fish belonging to the order Tetraodontiformes, closely related to the pufferfishes and filefishes. Fish in the family are known variously as boxfishes, cofferfishes, cowfishes and trunkfishes. It contains about 24 extant species in seven extant genera.

This picture shows a cute juvenile, very small in size around 1.5 cm, looks like a dice.

Habitat:

Shallow reefs among sea grasses and soft corals

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Ostraciidae

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Comments (6)
AlbertKang
She will put a smile on your face when you see her, @venusflytrap2000 :)
AlbertKang
Yes, they can be very small, and thus all the more cuter, @Gilma :) Thanks, @Machi & @sunnyjosef :)
Machi
Wow! You can even see perfect little hexagons on its face.

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PublishedApril 2, 2014

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