Reticulate boxfish

Ostracion solorense

Twelve Centimeters Ostraciid Fish from the Indian Ocean

Blue
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
Southeast Asia
Deep-bodied
Small
Tropical fish

Ostracion solorense, the reticulate boxfish, scribbled boxfish, Solor boxfish or striped boxfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ostraciidae, the boxfishes. This species is found in the far eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Puffers, Triggerfishes, and Allies
Family: Ostraciidae
Genus: Ostracion
Maximum length: 12 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Western Pacific: Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean and Indonesia to Fiji, north to the Philippines. Recently recorded from Tonga (Ref. 53797 ) and the northern northern Great Barrier Reef (Ref. 9710 ).

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