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View Mode View All Pictures Species Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus    Ostracion cubicus was originally described as Ostracion cubicus by Linnaeus in 1758. It belongs to the family Ostraciidae. It is commonly known as Yellow boxfish but has many other common names such as Yellow Boxfish in Australia, Minami-hakofugu in Japan, Black-spotted boxfish in Papua New Guinea, Baka-bakahan in Philippines, Boxy in South Africa, Boxy in South Africa. more common names It is found in Salt water.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   cubicus AuthorWI   Linnaeus [C.] AuthorNI   Linnaeus Qualification   --- Year   1758 Status   Synonym Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Tetraodontiformes Tetraodontiformes Family   Ostraciidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Ostracion Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Tetraodontiformes Family   Ostraciidae Genus   Ostracion Original Name   Ostracion         Taxon Name   cubicus Original Combination   Ostracion cubicus Original Genus   Ostracion Original Genus Species   Ostracion cubicus OriginalSubGenus   Ostracion Original Author   Linnaeus Original AuthorWI   Linnaeus [C.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1758 Original Family   Ostraciidae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   India. Primary Code   --- Primary Type   No types known Journal   Systema Nat. ed. 10 Citation   v. 1 Page   332 SubSpecies AuthorWI --- Qualification SS --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI --- Current Genus Species Ostracion cubicus Current Species cubicus Current Genus Ostracion Current AuthorWI Linnaeus [C.] Current AuthorNI Linnaeus Current Year 1758 Current Family Ostraciidae Current Subfamily --- --- Habitat marine.         Water Salt water Habitat Notes Inhabits lagoon and semi-sheltered seaward reefs. Juveniles often among @Acropora@ corals (Ref. 9710). Solitary. Feeds primarily on algae with a compliment of microorganisms, invertebrates, molluscs and sponges (Ref. 5503). Depth Range From 1 to 50 meters.     Current Summary   Synonym of Ostracion cubicum  Linnaeus 1758. Ostraciidae.   Name History   •Valid as Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Dor 1984:282 [ref. 29757], Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:362 [ref. 6441], Smith 1986:892 [ref. 5712], Allen & Swainston 1988:154 [ref. 25477], Paulin et al. 1989:244 [ref. 24556], Winterbottom et al. 1989:69 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:469 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:415 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:168 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:74 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:399 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:620 [ref. 27969], Lindberg et al. 1997:104 [ref. 23547], Allen 1997:244 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:238 [ref. 23922], Kuiter 1997:408 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:469 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:287 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:597 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:754 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:94 [ref. 37268], Matsuura in Randall & Lim 2000:648 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1416 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:464 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:281 [ref. 25480], Randall & Earle 2000:22 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:124 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:48 [ref. 25847], Matsuura 2001:3950 [ref. 26317], Nakabo 2002:1416 [ref. 26193], Itoh et al. 2002:144 [ref. 26531], Allen & Adrim 2003:65 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S124 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:650 [ref. 27495], Matsuura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:225 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:78 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:32 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3332 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:640 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:531 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1906 [ref. 29090], Randall 2007:485 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:119 [ref. 30213], Matsuura 2009:333 [ref. 31171], Motomura et al. 2010:236 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:1082 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:235 [ref. 32988], Matsuura 2014:17 [ref. 33576], Fricke et al. 2014:197 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:119 [ref. 36167], Stewart & Roberts 2015:1728 [ref. 34322], Koeda et al. 2016:113 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:18 [ref. 35354], Motomura et al. 2017:235 [ref. 35490], Ali et al. 2018:346 [ref. 36183], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[22] 260 [ref. 36492], Fricke et al. 2018:383 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:180 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:25 [ref. 36883], Eagderi et al. 2019:136 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:330 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:102 [ref. 36871], Psomadakis et al. 2020:614 [ref. 37272]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections  Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 5 (109 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]2345 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   aculeata Ostracion aculeata Houttuyn [M.] 1782 Synonym aculeatus Ostracion aculeatus Houttuyn [M.] 1782 Synonym adersi Ostracion adersi von Bonde [C.] 1934 In family agonus Ostracion agonus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810 In family argus Ostracion argus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801 In family argus Ostracion argus Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1828 Synonym auricauda Ostracion auricauda Seale [A.] 1906 In family auritus Ostracion auritus Shaw [G.] in Shaw & Nodder 1798 Synonym bicaudale Ostracion bicaudale Linnaeus [C.] 1758 Synonym bicaudalis Ostracion bicaudalis Linnaeus [C.] 1758 Synonym bicuspis Ostracion bicuspis Blumenbach [J. F.] 1802 In family bituberculatus Ostracion bituberculatus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801 Synonym bombifrons Ostracion bombifrons Hollard [H. L. G. M.] (ex Kaup) 1857 In family boops Ostracion boops Richardson [J.] 1845 Synonym brevicornis Ostracion brevicornis Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1850 Synonym camurum Ostracion camurum Jenkins [O. P.] 1901 Synonym capite testudineo Ostracion capite testudineo Forsskål [P. S.] 1775 Not available chryseres Ostracion chryseres Seale [A.] 1906 In family chwakaensis Ostracion chwakaensis von Bonde [C.] 1934 In family clippertonense Ostracion clippertonense Snodgrass [R. E.] & Heller [E.] 1905 Synonym concatenatus Ostracion concatenatus Bloch [M. E.] 1785 Synonym cornutus Ostracion cornutus Linnaeus [C.] 1758 Synonym cristatus Ostracion cristatus Bonnaterre [J. P.] (ex Knorr) 1788 In family cubicum Ostracion cubicum Linnaeus [C.] 1758 Valid cubicus aculeatus Ostracion cubicus aculeatus Houttuyn [M.] 1782 Synonym Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 5 (109 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]2345 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…