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Horn-nosed boxfish

Characteristics

  • Feeds on benthic invertebrates.

Description

  • Head and body yellowish to white with numerous dark brown spots.
  • Dark browns spots on dorsal fin base, pectoral fin base, caudal peduncle and caudal fin.
  • Snout becomes increasingly projected with growth.

Common Name: Horn-nosed boxfish, Largenose boxfish

Family Common Name: Boxfishes

Family: Ostraciidae

Scientific Name: Ostracion rhinorhynchos___(Bleeker, 1852)

Genus: Ostracion

Maximum Length: 35 cm (Total Length)

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未評估
Not Evaluated (ne)
數據缺乏
Data Deficient (dd)
無危
Least Concern (lc)
近危
Near Threatened (nt)
易危
Vulnerable (vu)
瀕危
Endangered (en)
極危
Critically Endangered (cr)
絕滅
Extinct (ex)
Horn-nosed boxfish

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