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Ostraciidae
Horn-nosed boxfish
Ostracion rhinorhynchos
Distinctive snout protruding in front of eyes
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Oceania
- Southeast Asia
- Deep-bodied
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Marine fish
Africa
Deep-bodied
MediumHorn-nosed boxfish is a marine fish from Indo-West Pacific. It inhabits reef habitat. Records give a maximum length of 35 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Ostraciidae
- Genus
- Ostracion
- Maximum length
- 35 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to Indonesia, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia.
Class
Family
