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Yellow boxfish

Ostracion cubicus

Genus Ostracion. Family Ostraciidae.

Yellow boxfish — Photographs 1
Yellow boxfish.
Photo: Norbert Potensky / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Description

The yellow boxfish (Ostracion cubicum) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ostraciidae, the boxfishes.

Traits

Danger
flesh

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Photographs

Yellow boxfish — Photographs 2
Yellow boxfish. Zoological illustration.
C. Achilles / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Links

Source: Wikipedia