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Updated 4/2/2020

Family Ostraciidae

INDO-PACIFIC

Ostracion cubicus

   
   
 

Ngemelis Wall, Palau, 15 feet
  


Indonesia

Tutuila, Am. Samoa

YELLOW BOXFISH

Fairly common along dropoffs.  A skittish species that feeds upon invertebrates.  Attains 18 inches.  Red Sea to French Polynesia, excluding Japan and Hawaii.